Monthly Archive: February 2011

Feb 11

Stock Market news for the week ending 02/11/2011

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On Monday February 08, 2011 the Dow Jones opened at 12152.70 and closed at 12273.26, which is a gain of 120.56 points.  The Dow has broken the 12200 mark. I was curious to see how high the market went before we went into the bear market. I pulled up a chart of the Dow Jones …

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Feb 10

Square foot gardening

Last year I felt that I did pretty good on how my square foot garden turned out.  I grew green beans, cucumbers, potatoes, pumpkins, zucchini, and tomatoes. All my vegetables did great except my tomatoes. Last year I bought my seeds at Walmart, except I bought my tomatoes plants and cucumbers seeds at a local …

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Feb 09

Surgar Cookies | Valentines Day

Every year for Valentines Day I always make my kids sugar cookies.  I always get them involved in helping me make them. Making Valentines cookies as a family helps us communicate and also it has been fun watching my kids decorate the cookies that they make.  My oldest son is 20 so we have been …

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Feb 08

Valentines Day Ideas

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A couple of weeks ago I posted a giveaway from another blogger for a local restaurant in UT. Valentines Day is approaching on Monday.  As adults we tend to take our spouse out to dinner and a movie, which is what our spouse excepts us to do.  They also love to get candy and flowers …

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Feb 07

Keep your Credit Card balance less than 30%

Why the 30 percent rule? Lenders want a fair assessment of whether you will repay your debt. You want to show the Credit Card companies that you fit the profile of someone more likely to repay the debt. The higher your utilization rate, the more credit bureaus assume you are financially strained. When people begin …

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Feb 04

Stock Market News for the week ending 02/04/2011

On Monday January 31, 2011 the Dow Jones opened at 11824.39 and Closed at 12092.15 on Friday February 4, 2011, which is gain of 267.76. The Unemployment numbers also came out and it remains at 9% unemployment and only a few jobs were created.  36,000 jobs were created to the non-farm payroll. January was also …

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Feb 03

Super Bowl Sunday 2011

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Super Bowl Sunday is all about watching the football game and eating snacks and drinking beer. This year will bee all about the Pittsburgh Steelers VS Greenbay Packers.  Which team do you want to win? I am voting for the Pittsburgh Steelers to win. I am going to make Nachos for our snacking food. Nachos …

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Feb 02

Roast Beef | Healthy Eating Kids

I hardly ever get sick. Today my whole body aches and I really feel just like sleeping all day. I was watching the Rachael Ray Show and she was telling how her grandma made her roasts.  She would heat up the oven to 500 degrees and put the roast in the over for so much …

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