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Hey everyone, it’s Whatever Wednesdays again. Today will be a short post about “Home Improvement”. Home Improvement Like I said before, when I bought this house, I knew I was going to need to some work on the lanai (deck) within the next 3-5 years. Well, it’s been 3 years and we’ve saved up some money so I’ve started to get some quotes to either renovate or replace the deck. Most likely, we will also […]

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Hey everyone, it’s Whatever Wednesdays again, and today is going to be a post about “The Case for Christmas Lights”. (not my house)  The Case for Christmas Lights? Yea. So let me preface this post with the fact that I went to Walmart on Tuesday and spent about $200 on Christmas Lights. At first glance, you may be taken aback and think that Sensei went a little bit crazy this Christmas season and started making […]

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Hey everyone, it’s Whatever Wednesdays, so today is a short post about “Appliance Woes“. Appliance Woes? Yea. The joys of home ownership continue… I have a long list of items that I need to fix in my house, but then there were things that I had hoped would last a little longer, and so weren’t on my list. These would include my refrigerator, oven, and washer/dryer. They came with the house and they seemed to […]

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Hey everyone, it’s Whatever Wednesdays again. Today I’m going to talk about “Home Ownership“. This post turned out longer than I thought it would be. Home Ownership So I’ve lived at my house for about 2 and half years now. I’d love to tell you that we have remodeled the house and have a new kitchen and new hardwood floors and new everything and it’s my dream house….however… I’d be lying. The truth is that I […]

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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. Today, we’re going to take a trip down memory lane and look at some my financial decisions, just remember “Hindsight is 20/20“. Hindsight is 20/20? What do you mean? It’s an idiom, and it means ” In hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset; one is able to evaluate past choices more clearly than at the time of the choice.” Please note that I would not change anything […]

Hindsight is 20/20 #illumedati


Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. Tax day is coming closer and I think some have already received their Tax Refund. Now, what should you do with your refund? Tax Refund For some of you, you may owe some taxes. However, for some of you, you may be getting a refund. I’ve talked about Taxes a good amount before: Taxes Taxes and Tax Withholding What is a 1031 Exchange? Taxable Accounts Being Tax Efficient **529s […]

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