Canadian Personal Finance Blog

Random Thoughts

Another Friday ends another week of fun and finances.

• Suze Orman had her latest book published on line on the Oprah Winfrey web site, and I picked up a “copy” for my wife (of course now I am going to print it out, which sort of defeats the purpose of publishing it on line, doesn’t it?). The book entitled “Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny”, seems interesting enough. Hope Suze is more interested in Debt reduction these days (who cares about credit ratings girlfriend, get out of debt FIRST). When did it become trendy to lose the “i” in your name?
• I am getting my money’s worth out of my medical plan with my son going on antibiotics, my daughters using physiotherapy and still more drugs. It would be interesting to figure out whether I am getting my money’s worth out of my medical plan (my initial guess would be YES, given I have 4 kids).
• RRSP deadlines are looming soon, with February 29th being only 2 weeks away now. Are you planning on doing something about it? Might want to check out the Canadian Capitalist, he is doing a lot of posts about this topic.
• Our friend Michael James wrote a poignant post about the two kinds of people in this world unfortunately he is one type and I am the other, and he thanks me for it whenever I see him. I make up for it by drinking a lot of his liquor.
• Nancy Zimmerman wrote a very provocative essay on 3 Hot Tips to Enhance your Relationship with your Money. I’ve never been so aroused about an article on my money?!?

Posts For the Week

• Happy Valentine’s Day? No Happy Anniversary at least for my parents who celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary.
• Tomorrow Might Be My Last Day at work? Well if it is I better have a good plan.
• Procrastination and Finances really don’t mix, do they?
• New Housing prices are up across Canada.