Money and Finance
I can't believe that we're almost half way done with 2014. Time is just flying by although that just continues to reinforce my desire to reach financial independence. This past week was awesome though as we finished up the well we were on and we had also reached a pretty rare and significant milestone. The guy that's been working nights for me for the last year and I reached one year of having no tool failures. Essentially this has never happened before or at least very rarely has happened. So my boss, my boss's boss, and 2 of my boss's boss's bosses took Francis and I out to lunch on Friday. It was pretty awesome to get recognized for a job well done and even better was that the steak house we went to was absolutely delicious. As we were leaving I told them that we'd see them again in 6 months.
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- 2014 Goals - Full Year Recap
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Hi Everyone, Over the past two weeks, my wife and I had quite a few changes to both our lives that will significantly impact our finances. For this reason, I wanted to give a quick update to all of my readers out there to keep you in the loop....
- My First Stock Purchase
After I read an interesting back to 1989 story of DivHut about his first stock purchase I looked back and thought about my first stock purchase. I think I bought my first stock in 2003. I did not know much about investing and did not...
Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - June 29, 2014
I can't believe that we're almost half way done with 2014. Time is just flying by although that just continues to reinforce my desire to reach financial independence. This past week was awesome though as we finished up the well we were on and we had also reached a pretty rare and significant milestone. The guy that's been working nights for me for the last year and I reached one year of having no tool failures. Essentially this has never happened before or at least very rarely has happened. So my boss, my boss's boss, and 2 of my boss's boss's bosses took Francis and I out to lunch on Friday. It was pretty awesome to get recognized for a job well done and even better was that the steak house we went to was absolutely delicious. As we were leaving I told them that we'd see them again in 6 months.
Read more »
- In Cooling China, Loan Sharks Come Knocking
WENZHOU, China — The 300 employees of Aomi Fluid Equipment here were delighted recently when the owner offered an all-expenses-paid, two-day trip to a mountain resort three hours away. The owner, Sun Fucai — or Boss Sun, as he’s known — was so...
- 2014 Goals - Full Year Recap
I know it's after mid-February and I'm just now getting out my 2014 goals update ,but there's been so much going on that I had to step away from the blog for a few months. I still have no idea what happened to 2014. The first half was...
- Weekly Roundup - November 16,2013
It's been a pretty busy week but also a relaxing week. I've been on vacation this past week, although all I've done is be at the house. I've been working on a bunch of stuff around the house and also with the blog. My wife and I...
- Changes To Our Finances
Hi Everyone, Over the past two weeks, my wife and I had quite a few changes to both our lives that will significantly impact our finances. For this reason, I wanted to give a quick update to all of my readers out there to keep you in the loop....
- My First Stock Purchase
After I read an interesting back to 1989 story of DivHut about his first stock purchase I looked back and thought about my first stock purchase. I think I bought my first stock in 2003. I did not know much about investing and did not...