power outage generator

Being Prepared For a Long Term Power Outage

While most of us spend a ton of time and resources planning and preparing for a future without having to work, I wonder how many people plan and prepare for shorter near term events, such as several days  without power.  Having an emergency fund of cash is great in a …

Gates Foundation Big Bet

Warren Buffett Gift Mechanism: $2 Billion This Year

In 2006 Warren Buffett set up a plan to donate large sums of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  He set this up in such a way that his donations would essentially double the amount of money the charity would spend every year.  Essentially, every dollar he …

Financial Update 2014 Q2

This will be the first of many financial updates. As I have stated in the past I am not comfortable revealing actual dollar amounts at this point of time, so all of the information presented here will be in the form of percentages.     Emergency Fund: [wppb progress=100 option=green …

Awesome Articles

June 2014 Awesome Article Roundup

Here is a list of some of the Awesome Articles that I came across in the month of June. Melissa at Mom’s Plans writes an amazing article on Financial Planning For Expectant Mommies. She covers a lot of important information that every new parent needs to know. Jonathon at My …