Ms. Financial Slacker just returned from walking our dogs. Recall, we have twin 10-month old yellow labs – Argon and Ares. I’ll start by saying that the dogs are large, but not exceptionally so, weighing approximately 65 to 70 lbs. And while they are trained and well-behaved, they are still puppies, so they’re not perfect. […]
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How to Save Money Traveling
Yesterday, I posted about wrapping up a long weekend of swimming and mentioned how expensive those swim trips can be. Today, I wanted to share a few tips to save money traveling. When traveling, there are five primary expense areas: 1/ Getting there 2/ Getting around 3/ A place to stay 4/ Eating 5/ Entertainment Getting There […]
Back to Work Tomorrow
Today, we wrapped up three days of competitive swimming. The meet was held at an outdoor pool in Phoenix, Arizona. Normally, the weather in Phoenix is pleasant this time of year. But this weekend, it was not so nice. We fought through rain and cold. But in the end, it was worth it. The kids […]
Using SlingBox to Watch Remotely
It continues to be a great weekend of swimming. The kids are performing well and we’re having a great time. But I am frustrated with SlingBox. For those not familiar, the SlingBox is an older device that allows you to stream live television and recorded shows from your home to another device. Since I’m not […]
Is Innovation Only For the Big Guys?
I was thinking the other day about innovation. The topic gets used often in the media especially when discussing technology companies. Innovation is often presented as an esoteric idea. People can’t necessarily define it, but they know it when they see it. But if that’s really the case, and you want to increase your innovation, […]
Expanding the Financial Slacker World
Readers, for the next few days, I’m in full-time swim parent mode which means I don’t have much time to write. If I was more on top of things, I would have pre-written a few posts to get me through the weekend. But I’m a Financial Slacker after all. As such, posts over the next […]