A new journey

Lazy Weekend

(Casey) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:51:22 PST

Did not get much done this weekend. I will try and catch up this week. But I have a lot going on this week, including my dog's surgery on Wednesday.

Weekend Plans

(Casey) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:35:51 PST

Not much really. School restarts in a few weeks, so I will just take it easy. Weekends are especially harder though due to my recent "separation" due to lack of getting act together in BF's part (what he likes to call "break up" because I refuse to understand) /whatever.

However...

Things to do

(Casey) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:53:00 PST

Find doggie's insurance paperwork to file[ ]
Share Ticker Symbol with the SA folks[ ]
Finish a design project for work[ x ]
Look to see if my scholarship posted for grad school[ x ]
Go over the classes I want to take next semester[ ]
Go for a long walk with dog[ x ]

Allocations! Allocations!! Allocations!!!

(Casey) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:43:05 PST

Here is what I have, I am open to any comments.

Growth and Income(4 stars in morning star): 20%

Income(Bonds): 10%

MidCap Blend: 30% (5 stars in morning star)

Large Cap Value:20% (4 stars in morning star)

Aggresive Growth (Large cap. International) 20% (5 stars in morning star)

My dog has to have a surgery

(Casey) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:37:14 PST

to remove some grown in his eyelids because it's pushing into his cornea. It will probably happen sometime next week. He has to go under anesthesia so had some blood work done today. Cost me a total of 264, but it was including his yearly shots. They are supposed to call me with the...

Trying to keep up

(Casey) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:04:30 PST

It's been a while since I blogged. So I just wanted to say hello. There have been major changes professionally and personally and I am just trying to keep up with all these changes. So it's been a little stressful. Being so stressed, it appears makes me spend money, so I will have...

Roth vs Traditional IRA and 401K etc

(Casey) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:46:04 PST

I have 20K+ in my old 401K. We can move it to our own IRA or move it to the new 401K. I thought you were not allowed to have both the traditional IRA and 401K at the same time? I thought if you had 401K, you had to have a ROTH IRA? Egad! Any resources I can read up on????

What should you do with 401K when you switch jobs?

(Casey) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:54:46 PST

Is it better to roll it over to the new plan? Or, is it better to put it in a roth IRA?

How do you select the best roth IRA for you? Also where to look for one?

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Feeling a little overwhelmed right now.

One of those days

(Casey) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:43:29 PST

I am having one of those days. Ugh!
BTW brought breakfast and lunch again. But the weekend was pretty spendy with dentist payment and everything. And I ate out yesterday. Just because I felt like it.
I also had to buy a printer cartridge. 33 dollars!! And then I bought some school...

Ouch that hurt AND cost me $300

(Casey) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:16:44 PST

I went in for regular teeth cleaning (Horrors! After 3 years. I hate going to the dentist) They said my gums were being pushed down and I needed to put in boding in 15 teeth and if I didn't take care of them, I will get root canals!! And one cavity! My insurance paid 80% of it. But...

Feeling sad

(Casey) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:59:58 PST

Weekends are always hard these days. My friends are spread out all through out the world and it's hard to catch up. BF and I are having problems and I don't know if it will get better with time. Everybody seems to be having a nice summer, enjoying going out, camping etc. It's a lonely...

Lunch Challenge Update

(Casey) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:15:59 PST

I brought in my own breakfast and lunch every day this week! Way to go! I am very proud of myself.

Thursday update and discovering freezing and defrosting

(Casey) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:43:03 PST

Brought in my breakfast and lunch again. Last night I cooked a batch of pasta sauce and froze them. Now I have pasta sauce ready for about 10 meals! Awesome. I am only just now doing the cooking and freezing thing. Also it only recently occurred to me that you can defrost the frozen...

Under the weather and nighmarish experience

(Casey) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:44:55 PST

Not feeling too well today. You know that feeling when you wake up with your whole body hurting and legs turning to jelly? I fell asleep on the couch reading a book. I finally woke up and went to bed around 4 I think because it was too hot in the sofa and I was sweating. However when...

Want to join lunch challenge?

(Casey) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:29:48 PST

I have brought in my breakfast/lunch yesterday and today. I plan to do so for the rest of the week. This is a challenge for myself. If anybody wishes to join this challenge for the rest of the week, please feel free to leave a comment and update. I will post result at the end of Friday...

Where can I cut back?

(Casey) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:02:57 PST

I don't drive.

I don't own a house. (Not yet, anyway)

So just exactly where can I cut back?

I feel that the areas that I can cut back don't save me a whole lot of money.

I leave the AC on economy on 78 Degrees setting for my pet when I am not home.

If I am home, and...

New Expenses

(Casey) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:11:19 PST

As it happens, I had to buy a new vacuum cleaner this weekend. It was a lot of money I was not expecting to spend. But you can only live for so long amidst the dust, grime and pet hair. Hopefully I can enjoy my cleaner place more now. I was very very tempted to get one of those dyson...

Museum

(Casey) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:08:01 PST

Museum visit was very nice. I also found out that you don't have to pay the "suggested" fee. This little info will come in handy, and now I plan to visit all the public museums and pay very little for it. After all I am already paying for them with my tax $$. It was nice to go out...

Learning to be better at things

(Casey) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:33:40 PST

Well yesterday I saved myself from spending. I didn't buy clothes that I almost bought. I didn't do take away when I was hungry and almost too lazy to cook dinner. Instead I went home and cooked chicken that I had in the fridge. It didn't come out that well, which is a different story...

Note to self

(Casey) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:51:54 PST

Today:
pick up jeans from alteration [x]
cook chicken (for dinner and to bring to lunch)[x] update: I had it for dinner but brought something else for lunch. I will have the leftover for meals over the weekend
spot clean dwelling [x]
give myself a facial [Nope]
hand wash a few light clothes [x]
go to sleep early! [Kind of]

Tomorrow:
return amazon book that came damaged (this is a course/reference...