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As DH's tenure in the workforce comes to an end we have a bit of housekeeping to do to reduce account holdings. Our current spread is as follows: 401k: Charles Schwab Mutual Funds plus my Rollover IRA: Vanguard ESPP Shares Plus Cash: E-Trade Checking Plus Trading Account Plus SEP: Wells...

Yesterday was the designated day, the day DH was to resign. We had been planning for a while based on bonus payout and RSU vesting. He had been waivering, he knows resigning is a career ending move. As I told him if he felt the need to continue for another 6 months I was ok with that. We are...

Just interested, as this board consists of those with a few years of life under their belt, based on your own experiences, do you believe that it is possible to have it all? Having it all includes a household with two high-flying careers, a bunch of children who are well adjusted and getting...

Can't believe I am typing this, but we are considering doing a cruise to Alaska. A cruise has never been high on our list, however we want to see Alaska and to do it independently was turning into a nightmare because of poor flight availability out of our location. I've been reading various...

Wondering if anyone has undergone genetic testing for any cancers or if anyone has an experience with this subject. Reason I ask is my mother has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, my father died of pancreatic cancer and one of my mother's sister's died of pancreatic cancer so it has...

Anyone have any thoughts on whether we are likely to see a last minute patch go thru on AMT for the 2010 tax year? I know I am hoping so as otherwise we are going to have to pony up a few bucks. I wish they would do a permanent fix on this tax as no way do we have excessively high income and...

Has anyone gone thru the process recently of pricing up auto insurance? We are insured by AAA and think they are a bit pricey. I tried Geico and they actually came in $200 cheaper than AAA and that was with a 10% discount from AAA because of multiple policies. Any recommendations of who to...

Just wondered if anyone has been to Vegas lately. I'm planning a trip with the girls next month and I have been surprised at the cost of hotels compared with what we paid last year. I thought that Vegas was supposed to be hurting and was wrongly assuming we would be able to get the same great...

Just wondering if anyone has any exciting trips coming up that they would like to share. We are about done for this year, so am willing to live vicariously thru the travel plans of others. About the only things we have on the horizon is a trip to UK in Jan for a 50th birthday (brr feeling cold...

Not sure if anyone read this article, but it appears that finally the world of fashion seems to be accepting that hair really does go grey, even if you are a supermodel. What was interesting to me about this story, was my initial reaction was she looked a bit creepy with that long grey hair...

I was reading an interesting article in the London Times yesterday on clutter and how to get rid of it. The link is below. However, it got me thinking about my relationship to my things. For example, why if I am a size 12 do I continue to hold onto my size 6 clothes? After giving it some...

Ok ladies, please tell me I am not the only one suffering in this department. I have figured it is due to the dreaded flushes that my sleep is so disturbed. So has anyone found something to successfully manage their flushes. I have not wanted to do any HRT however figure if something doesn't...

I have seen mentions from time to time of people using VRBO to find a holiday let. However, I am wondering if anyone who owns a property has rented it out via VRBO and what the experience was like. We are thinking about buying a place in Hawaii, with the view that is going to be our long term...

or so I am told. The following article details someone who had mucho bucks and decided life was better without it and is in the process of giving it all away. Austrian tycoon Karl Rabeder gives up fortune

Just watched an interesting documentary on the above. Got me wondering did any board members remember these times or participate in the Summer of Love? Looks like an interesting time, some of the concepts were good, however it looked like some people embraced it more for the freebies than what...

4 years ago when we returned to the US we came with 4 suitcases, 1 bike and 6 boxes of miscellaneous "stuff". Fast forward and here we are with a 3 bedroom/2ba double garage home that seems to have miraculously filled itself. Things I have learnt about myself is I like having a larger house...

We have some items that are surplus to our requirements which I would like to dispose of using Craigslist. I am wondering for those who have sold using this method, how did you handle the transaction? Did you give out your address and let them drop over? I am hesitant to do this because I am...

Don't know if anyone else is watching these shows but I would highly recommend them. They are all BBC productions and are very well done renditions of the classics. We have been watching Little Dorritt over the past 4 weeks or so. It's a Charles Dickens that I had never heard of, and would...

Now that Apple has finally revealed their tablet to the world what do you think of it? I have already decided that when they are available to the public I will be getting one. For me, I like the idea that I can watch tv/movies on it when we travel. For example, when we fly to Hawaii we...

Finally I have found a PCP who thinks that my sleep issues are serious enough that they warrant a sleep study. Those issues being unable to get to sleep, stay asleep or get more than 5 hours of sleep a night. Add in the snoring - she noticed I can barely breathe through my nose. I also wake...

With Christmas almost upon us, just wondering what everyone has planned. Whatever it may be, I hope that you get to spend the time in a manner you enjoy with people you like. For us, we managed to score some frequent flyer flights at the last minute so will be flying to Hong Kong on Thursday...

Saturday night when we were out for dinner all of a sudden my eyes were filled with visual disturbances of the kind that one gets when a migraine is coming on. As I didn't have a headache I put it down to tiredness. Within an hour or so it was gone. However, my internet research indicates...

One thing I am working on doing is reducing the number of accounts we have, however with the remaining accounts I want to move totally away from having paper copies of anything. I am talking about bank statements, trading accounts, 401ks etc. For those of you who don't keep paper copies how do...

We have been invited to a friend's place for Thanksgiving dinner. We are going to take the usual champagne and flowers, however it got me to thinking about what else I could take that is outside the box of the usual chocolates, wine etc. What you have taken or been given as a hostess gift that...

For those that do or have volunteered I would be interested in hearing what you do volunteer wise and what you enjoy or don't like about your particular opportunity. I find I have too much time on my hands and thought it is probably time I used those hours in doing something different from what...