Quest For Dollars

Start Over, Finish Rich: 10 Steps by Richard Bach

2010-01-27T16:04:00.001-05:00

Richard Bach has been writing the "Finish Rich" series for as long as I can remember. His latest addition to the series is "Start Over, Finish Rich: 10 Steps to Get you Back on Track in 2010." Compared to his other books, this is a short one and seems to be a quick start to getting back on track. Most of us in the USA have been affected in some way shape or form by the economic downturn over

Recovering from a Setback.

2010-01-09T16:33:00.002-05:00

I started the last post by stating that it feels like I've been experiencing life at a rate of WTFs, which led me to this post. How do you handle a setback? There are only 2 things you can do when faced with a setback: 1. Back down 2. Rise above Backing down, giving up, quitting, falling off, etc. No matter how you slice it, when you give in to defeat you are truly defeated. Just because

Gratitude

2010-01-04T09:31:00.000-05:00

Lately it feels that I've been experiencing life at a rate of wtf's per minute. Yet, I am still grateful that I'm here to blog about it. Which brings us to ..... Gratitude. Gratitude is the ability to be grateful for everything we have in our lives. So I've been trying to ignore the WTFs and make gratitude a daily practice. Someone once told me that an attitude of gratitude protects us

Credit Secrets Revealed: Loan Modifications

2009-12-21T18:08:00.001-05:00

I've been on a credit kick lately and I think its time I start looking at a loan modification. I've been thinking about it for a while since all of this hoopla about homeowners losing their homes and others saving their homes. My home is worth less than what I currently owe and the minimum payments on my credit cards are going up due to the CARD ACT, so if the bank is willing to work with me

Credit, credit, credit: Get it together!

2009-12-09T22:52:00.001-05:00

OK since we've been visiting and focusing on credit lately, I decided to get my affairs in order. Credit Report First of all I need to get my credit reports. According to the Federal Trade Commission there is only 1 place to go to to get your free annual credit report. http://www.annualcreditreport.com/ It takes a few minutes but when you are done you will have all the information that 3 of

Investigating the massive consumer loan industry and what's ahead for customers and banks -- a FRONTLINE-New York Times co-production.

2009-12-09T16:23:00.000-05:00

Since I've been posting so much about credit lately. I came across this Frontline investigation also available on DVD. As credit card companies face rising public anger, new regulation from Washington and staggering new rates of default and bankruptcy, FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the future of the massive consumer loan industry and its impact on a fragile national

Crunch or Be Credit Crunched Pt 2: An actual letter from "CityBanc"

2009-12-08T23:01:00.001-05:00

In Part 1 of "Crunch or be Crunched" we discussed the CARD ACT, what it is and some of the changes we have to look forward to. If you missed it go here. I wanted to address the letters that the card companies have been sending out. I got this one from "City" and it basically states: Dear Quest, We are making changes to your account terms. To continue to provide our customers with access to

Crunch or Be Crunched: Your Card company is raising its rates and what you can do about it.

2009-12-07T21:40:00.003-05:00

Did you know that most of the credit card companies are raising their interest rates by the end of 2009? If you don't read those letters and notices that you get from your credit card companies ASAP, you will not have an opportunity to stop those deadly rates from rising. Most credit card companies have been trying to find new ways to make make money because of potential hits they may take due

2009-12-07T15:24:00.001-05:00

It is 24 days, 3 hours, 36 minutes and 35 seconds until Friday, January 1, 2010. What are you doing to start preparing for next year? It's not too early.

So I've been thinking ....

2009-12-04T13:05:00.002-05:00

One of my goals is to come up with a new business idea every day. Good or bad I have to come up with some thing that people need or want. The rules are: 1. There are no limits except my imagination. 2. It must be something that I can sell or a service that I can sell. 3. I need to keep track of this list.

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2009-12-04T09:53:00.001-05:00

Out of all your goals for 2009 are there any that you can still accomplish? There are 27 days, 9 hours, 09 minutes and 09 seconds until Friday, January 1, 2010. Not too late to get them done. I will remind you daily Facebook. I still have 6 pounds to go!

2009-12-02T00:25:00.001-05:00

29 days until the New Year not to late to accomplish those unfinished goals!

Bohemian Rhapsody Remix featuring The Muppets

2009-11-24T23:08:00.006-05:00

Is this the most awesome video of all time? The muppets meet Freddy Mercury and Queen when Muppet Studios created a video remake of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and released it on November 22, 2009. This music video spread like a virus and it's popularity continues to grow. Google hot trends lists it at number 38 and gives it a rating of "Spicy" which is a 3 out of 5. In this day and age

Manage All of Your Social Networks With One Tool!

2009-11-22T17:08:00.001-05:00

Do you use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and are tired of updating each and everyone of them separately? Would you update more often if you could find an easy way to manage all 20 of your social networks? Manage All of Your Social Networks With One Tool!

How to be a Twitter!

2009-11-21T20:24:00.001-05:00

How to be a Twitter!A short easy to follow pictorial on how to create a twitter account.

I'm Moving

2007-07-08T10:48:00.000-05:00

This blog is being moved to:WWW.WhyWeTri.comWe plan to be up soon.Check in periodically to get triathlon news and information from the perspective of a newbie.

I'm Off

2007-05-25T21:29:00.001-05:00

OK, so I haven't updated all month. What can I say? I've been slacking off. Haven't been feeling all that great, dealing with healing and coming back from vacation to find alot of odds and ends not being attended to ... so I've been picking up the pieces. I missed too many trainings and too many meals to take this race as serious as I intended to. I know I'll finish ... but I know I could

Nobody told me it would hurt so good!

2007-04-30T20:50:00.000-05:00

After almost a week of being sore, we had our final Simulator. For all the newcommers to this blog. A simulator is an attempt to mimic actual race conditions. This time we are supposed to do the full distance of each event. For those of us who are doing the Olympic distance, that means:1 mile swim followed bya 26 mile bike ride followed bya 6 mile runFor those of us doing the sprint distance

Dealing With the Morning After

2007-04-22T11:34:00.000-05:00

Holy crap, I hurt. I'm sore I'm tired and I had to drive an hour and change to do swim drills! Being in the water was soothing but I couldn't keep a steady kicking pace during my swim. We did drills today with 30 or 15 seconds of rest in between. I had to learn to work through the soreness. I'm still not sure how I'm going to put it all together for race day. Next week is the final

How do you put it all together?

2007-04-21T20:05:00.000-05:00

I'm able to swim about a mile.I'm able to bike 27.5 miles.I'm able to run 4.5 miles.How do you put all these things together? I've done shorter distances where I would swim then run or bike then run. Today I tried to bike the full distance then run the full distance.The weather was beautiful but a little windy. I couldn't run for more than a mile before my quadriceps started to "lock up". I

Mother distracts son from his fight with cancer

2007-04-19T13:56:00.000-05:00

This is what we are trying to prevent. I got this from Pulitzer.org, the link can be found below. Racing barefooted after kicking off her flip-flops, Cyndie pushes her son Derek Madsen, 10, up and down hallways in the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento on June 21, 2005, successfully distracting him during the dreaded wait before his bone marrow extraction. Doctors want to determine whether

FAQ: Why'd you name this site Quest For Dollars?

2007-04-17T21:48:00.000-05:00

The name originally came about because I felt it would serve several purposes.1. I've been running the rat race for many years and felt I needed a change, needed more ... of everything. Time, money, security, toys or at least a way to get those things and being able to enjoy them.2. The website would provide a place for me to document that change and the journey toward that change. I could have

Rehab #1 Update

2007-04-17T21:34:00.000-05:00

After the last rehab update we were waiting for the electrical inspector to show up. Since then we have pulled the remaining permits including a General permit and a plumbing permit. The city requires me to get a plumber to make sure everything is up to code even though I haven't done any rough in plumbing. Now that the electrical inspector has approved the electrical work done so far ... we

How do You Increase Your Endurance?

2007-04-17T20:18:00.000-05:00

Update: Sunday I did 3/4 of a mile in 48 minutes. Although my swim consisted of mostly 50 yard and 100 yard sets ... I did manage to do a 200 yard set (8 lengths) during my workout. So I didn't make a mile yet and I have to the whole open water thing to get over, BUT I'm that much closer. The next few weeks I will be focusing on distance and being able to complete that distance in a short

IRS and Taxes be Damned

2007-04-14T11:19:00.000-05:00

So every year, you get all of your paperwork together, stress yourself out looking for social security numbers, paystubs, proof of donations, proof of contributions, etc. You get it all together, put it all in a spreadsheet, pray you didn't miss anything then take your behind to the tax man. If you're lucky you get a refund. If you're really lucky you get a tiny refund or owe a tiny payment.Most