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Well I'm just a few days away from taking the longest leave of my working life so far: six weeks.;D We are having our second baby so I know I'm going to be busy during it. My question is this: if you've taken a leave yourself did you find it really hard to go back to w*rk afterwards? Or did...

Warning Rant Ahead Well yesterday the DW had the furance looked at and it needs to be replaced in the next year (we have some hairline cracks in some pipes). So more of my money is going to fixing things than saving for ER. This just seems to keep happening to me lately and it is driving me a...

Well during my daily read of blogs I came across this link from a finance company on happiness. http://www.trendfollowing.com/whitepaper/happiness.pdf It was an interesting read that got me thinking, how often do you realize that your fixating on your money rather than working on your...

Well since my last post I've been busy. I took off to our new city and bought a house over the weekend. It's more money than I planned on spending(190K), but my goodness you get alot more house for about 25K more than I was planning on. My agent summed it up best. "For an extra 25K you get...

Ok, I'm moving shorty here. (See my last topic) This will be the first time I sell my house. I'm trying to figure out how to set my asking price. I'm in bit of a unusal housing boom here in NE BC. There are VERY few house for sale in town under the 200K mark (other than trailers) and I have...

Well I'm in a bit of situation. I have a job offer in the mail to me and I'm not sure what to do with it. I like my current job, but the offer also has its good points. Current Job: 80K Salary & Bonus, Benifits: company truck, dental, health, eye care, full funded company pension, life...

Well folks, I was got some good advice on invest vs pay off mortgage from the board so I thought I would share the results. I increased my mortgage payments by 10% and will put down an extra $1000 a year beyond that. That way my mortage should be paid off for my FIRE goal of 45. The remaining...

Hi there, I've been lurking here for about a month now and finally signed up. I have to say I love reading all your posts. This is a great board! Anyways, here is my situation. I'm 27, married, one baby boy and plans for a second baby in the next year or two. I just came across the idea of...