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Reason #87

...to not like January. Quarterly statements from IRAs, 401k, 403b, and any other stock holdings. Losing thousands. Fortunately, we had a large percentage of our money in money market funds a year ago. We talked to a financial planner and we were ready to invest but never got around to it. It's still sitting in money market funds earning around 2%. Not much but it's in the black as opposed to the other funds. Okay, we also invested some of it into a plasma t.v. and a fence. It's not earning money in either of those ventures but we are enjoying both of them.

Last night hubby and I went out without the kids. We were on our way home and I called to check on the kids. They told me they were watching Kung Fu Panda. We came home and found them, sitting in front of the big screen t.v. on the couch, huddled around the portable DVD player. That's right. They chose to watch the movie on a 7 inch screen. Another sound investment.

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  1. The JensenitesJanuary 11, 2009 at 9:56 PM

    Kids make you realize what is really important - don't they. I love the 7" screen verses the big screen.

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