Money and Finance
This has been a crazy and frustrating week. First off they ended up calling us back to work on Tuesday. That was even earlier than the last time they moved the rig which was annoying, but what really irked me was that we didn't pick up our tool until Thursday night. I already get limited time at the house and with my wife so when I get called out 2.5 days early it really gets on my nerves. In other news, the government shut down and the world didn't end. To me this is just showing the incompetence of our elected officials. I was listening to the Dave Ramsey show and his intro on the October 3rd show was spot on. He was discussing the government shutdown, or any other media crisis, as it relates to the stock markets and investing. While I don't believe that projecting 15% annualized returns is all that great, his advice on investing here was spot on. The markets will cycle and have highs and lows. You make your money in the markets during the storms and crises and learn to be a disciplined investor.
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- Weekly Roundup - November 15, 2014
Another week down! Although this one was rather boring, but right now boring is good. We finished up the last job early Monday morning so I started heading back towards Houston to meet up with my wife at the hospital. Well, go visit her at the hospital....
- Weekly Roundup - August 2, 2014
Well this past week was just grinding away in the blistering heat down here in south Texas. Luckily I don't actually work outside but man it was extremely hot. We should be able to finish this well up sometime this weekend and I can't wait...
- Weekly Roundup - July 14, 2013
Well my first attempt at the roundup for this week went horribly wrong. I had finished and scheduled it for yesterday morning and then wanted to add one more thing to it and changed my mind. Needless to say I didn't save it again and then it got...
- Weekly Roundup - June 1, 2013
I can't believe that another week and month have come and gone. Last weekend I had a great time with my wife and friends as we headed up to one of their lake houses and got to go have a great time relaxing. And it didn't hurt that we got to...
- Weekly Roundup - March 30, 2013
Where has the first 3 months of this year gone? Seems like just yesterday I was having to get used to writing 2013 instead of 2012 and now one quarter of the year is almost done. This past week was pretty good. Work went really smooth although I...
Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - October 5, 2013
This has been a crazy and frustrating week. First off they ended up calling us back to work on Tuesday. That was even earlier than the last time they moved the rig which was annoying, but what really irked me was that we didn't pick up our tool until Thursday night. I already get limited time at the house and with my wife so when I get called out 2.5 days early it really gets on my nerves. In other news, the government shut down and the world didn't end. To me this is just showing the incompetence of our elected officials. I was listening to the Dave Ramsey show and his intro on the October 3rd show was spot on. He was discussing the government shutdown, or any other media crisis, as it relates to the stock markets and investing. While I don't believe that projecting 15% annualized returns is all that great, his advice on investing here was spot on. The markets will cycle and have highs and lows. You make your money in the markets during the storms and crises and learn to be a disciplined investor.
Read more »
- Weekly Roundup - November 15, 2014
Another week down! Although this one was rather boring, but right now boring is good. We finished up the last job early Monday morning so I started heading back towards Houston to meet up with my wife at the hospital. Well, go visit her at the hospital....
- Weekly Roundup - August 2, 2014
Well this past week was just grinding away in the blistering heat down here in south Texas. Luckily I don't actually work outside but man it was extremely hot. We should be able to finish this well up sometime this weekend and I can't wait...
- Weekly Roundup - July 14, 2013
Well my first attempt at the roundup for this week went horribly wrong. I had finished and scheduled it for yesterday morning and then wanted to add one more thing to it and changed my mind. Needless to say I didn't save it again and then it got...
- Weekly Roundup - June 1, 2013
I can't believe that another week and month have come and gone. Last weekend I had a great time with my wife and friends as we headed up to one of their lake houses and got to go have a great time relaxing. And it didn't hurt that we got to...
- Weekly Roundup - March 30, 2013
Where has the first 3 months of this year gone? Seems like just yesterday I was having to get used to writing 2013 instead of 2012 and now one quarter of the year is almost done. This past week was pretty good. Work went really smooth although I...