Canadian Personal Finance Blog

Archive for May 8th, 2009

It is Mother’s Day this Sunday and I trust all my readers have big plans for their mothers. An interesting statistic from many years ago was that Mother’s Day was one of the biggest days for long distance phone calls (whereas Father’s Day was one of the biggest for COLLECT long distance phone calls).

Some great mothers of our time:

• My Mother (a saint among women)
• Mother Teresa
• The Queen Mother (anyone who enjoys horses and Gin and Tonic is ok by me)
• The Mothers of Invention

Random Thoughts

The financial community has not embraced motherhood just yet, however some of this week’s better postings can be found here:

• Preet at Where does All My Money Go makes the statement that Fee Based Advisors May Not be More Ethical by Default. 
• Michael James has some Good Advice for Lottery Winners, however my advice is, give me your money, I’ll take care of it for you. 
• Nancy Zimmerman Sometimes I wonder When Did My Life Stop Being Fun, an interesting question, my life is always fun, just sometimes not fun enough!
• The Canadian Capitalist is helping out with The Personal Finance Clinic., is the Doctor in?
• The  Four Pillars write about Easy Methods For Negotiating with Customer Service Reps , also remember the Hammer method too. 
• One Caveman gives a list of 8 Things New Parents Don’t Need, I note sleep is NOT on the list (thus he must need that .
• Larry MacDonald writes about Following Buffett’s Picks, is that like waiting for Godot?

Remember have a great weekend, and be good to your Mother!