America's Got Talent

Thank goodness for this show! In our media-obsessed culture it's so heart-warming to see someone with true talent get recognized in such a public way. I love it when the audience gets blown away by someone that they misjudge from the beginning. We are so quick to assume that talent is proportional to style and dress and hairstyle.

Some of my personal favorites from tonight's episode:
The last guy to sing - country/I think it was a Garth Brook's song
Fourteen year old that sang "I'm Gonna Change" - Amazing!

Who do you think has a goof chance of winning?

Expensive Hobbies

I have recently taken up ballroom dancing and I LOVE it! The problem is my bank account is seriously being drained. It looks like I'm going to have to hang up the shoes soon unless I can win the lottery. Anyone else have any really expensive hobbies?

Make Money from Home with Google, Scam?

So, I found this site that describes a way to make money with Google from home and it looks very convincing. Has anyone out there heard of the "Google's Income from Home Kit"? I know you get a 7-day free trial and then they start charging your credit card a monthly fee after that, but if you are pulling in the money they say you can pull in it would be worth it.

Anyone ever heard of this thing? Does it work?

Start Saving Early

After thinking it about it for awhile and doing all of the research, I've finally opened up a Roth IRA. If I save right now then I'm planning on retiring right and I still have 33 years before my targeted retirement age!

The number comparisons are outrageous! By starting now, even if I can't put more then 50 dollars aside a month, I'll gain thousands in the end compared to if I just waited another 10 years!

As a woman with credit card debt, I've often thought that I couldn't afford to save now because I have to worrying about what I owe. But I think the realization I finally came to was that if I keep putting personal savings off then it'll never happen...and that I can't afford.

It feels so good to save!