This made me feel SOOO much better about myself and my inability to keep my home clutter-free...
http://www.thriftydecorchick.com/
Click on FAV POSTS
Then read March 3, 2010's blog titled "IN REAL LIFE"
My jaw dropped at one point... but then my heart warmed :)
Monday, March 8, 2010
www.missingmoney.com
So, we get this Kiplinger's newsletter every week in the mail, courtesy of my grandfather.
I've found it extremely vague, slightly amusing, and Donnie figured out it's good for wrapping birthday gifts...
Recently, there was an additional piece of paper included in the envelope... Kiplinger's Personal Finance Adviser
Well that piece of paper has proven to be the most worth while advice I've read since we started receiving the newsletter a few months ago...
"Some $32.9 billion in unclaimed assets is sitting in state treasuries and other agencies. If you moved to a new address without alerting the right financial institutions or if you let an account lie dormant and the institution determined it couldn't find you, some of the money may be yours. Start the hunt at
http://www.missingmoney.com/
which hosts searchable databases for nearly every state. If your state isn't listed, go to www.unclaimed.org for a link to your state's treasury"
And the best part is? I have an LL Bean refund due to me! I have no idea how much it's for, but $25 is better than $0!
I've found it extremely vague, slightly amusing, and Donnie figured out it's good for wrapping birthday gifts...
Recently, there was an additional piece of paper included in the envelope... Kiplinger's Personal Finance Adviser
Well that piece of paper has proven to be the most worth while advice I've read since we started receiving the newsletter a few months ago...
"Some $32.9 billion in unclaimed assets is sitting in state treasuries and other agencies. If you moved to a new address without alerting the right financial institutions or if you let an account lie dormant and the institution determined it couldn't find you, some of the money may be yours. Start the hunt at
http://www.missingmoney.com/
which hosts searchable databases for nearly every state. If your state isn't listed, go to www.unclaimed.org for a link to your state's treasury"
And the best part is? I have an LL Bean refund due to me! I have no idea how much it's for, but $25 is better than $0!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill...
Benjamin Franklin was never president… and I thought only presidents were printed on US currency.
Well, I was wrong.
Neither Benjamin Franklin nor Alexander Hamilton ($10) were ever president.
So why was Benjamin Franklin chosen to represent the $100 bill aka the “Benjamin”
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/small100denom.html
the fun facts section left a bit to be desired…
Did you know Benjamin Franklin’s maternal grandfather was a descendant of JA Folger’s, founder of Folger’s Coffee??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
And it is here that I end my search… Based on the wiki article, I will assume B.F. was chosen to appear on US Currency because he is one of the Founding Fathers of the US…
“A signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Franklin is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S. His pervasive influence in the early history of the United States has led to his being jocularly called "the only President of the United States who was never President of the United States."[110] Franklin's likeness is ubiquitous. Since 1928, it has adorned American $100 bills, which are sometimes referred to in slang as "Benjamins" or "Franklins." From 1948 to 1964, Franklin's portrait was on the half dollar. He has appeared on a $50 bill and on several varieties of the $100 bill from 1914 and 1918. Franklin appears on the $1,000 Series EE Savings bond.”
If you find a documented reason, please let me know!
Well, I was wrong.
Neither Benjamin Franklin nor Alexander Hamilton ($10) were ever president.
So why was Benjamin Franklin chosen to represent the $100 bill aka the “Benjamin”
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/small100denom.html
the fun facts section left a bit to be desired…
Did you know Benjamin Franklin’s maternal grandfather was a descendant of JA Folger’s, founder of Folger’s Coffee??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
And it is here that I end my search… Based on the wiki article, I will assume B.F. was chosen to appear on US Currency because he is one of the Founding Fathers of the US…
“A signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Franklin is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S. His pervasive influence in the early history of the United States has led to his being jocularly called "the only President of the United States who was never President of the United States."[110] Franklin's likeness is ubiquitous. Since 1928, it has adorned American $100 bills, which are sometimes referred to in slang as "Benjamins" or "Franklins." From 1948 to 1964, Franklin's portrait was on the half dollar. He has appeared on a $50 bill and on several varieties of the $100 bill from 1914 and 1918. Franklin appears on the $1,000 Series EE Savings bond.”
If you find a documented reason, please let me know!
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Clarks - Fascinating
This story absolutely fascinates me...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35266269/ns/business-picture_stories/?GT1=43001
I have all kinds of research I could do to answer my million questions... and did tons of different google searches... but part of my journey led me here...
http://www.christiesgreatestates.com/welcome/about_cge.htm
which led me to the most expensive home on the market in the US right now - the Spelling estate in Holmby Hills (Los Angeles)
See where you end up :)
“Life was good to William A. Clark, but…history has been unkind”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35266269/ns/business-picture_stories/?GT1=43001
I have all kinds of research I could do to answer my million questions... and did tons of different google searches... but part of my journey led me here...
http://www.christiesgreatestates.com/welcome/about_cge.htm
which led me to the most expensive home on the market in the US right now - the Spelling estate in Holmby Hills (Los Angeles)
See where you end up :)
“Life was good to William A. Clark, but…history has been unkind”
Thursday, March 4, 2010
To clarify
I should clarify that in sharing my research, that is ALL I'm doing... sharing what I've curiously read.
I have made NO attempt to verify the factual accuracy of what I've read.
I will continue to share the websites I've read so you can see them for yourselves, but I am absolutely, positively, in no way trying to sell any of this information as 100% accurate...
Just thought I'd clarify....
{of course we all know Wikipedia is thoroughly researched and documented} =)
I have made NO attempt to verify the factual accuracy of what I've read.
I will continue to share the websites I've read so you can see them for yourselves, but I am absolutely, positively, in no way trying to sell any of this information as 100% accurate...
Just thought I'd clarify....
{of course we all know Wikipedia is thoroughly researched and documented} =)
The Swivel Chair
Note to reader: I created this blog as I did my research, therefore my thought process is much more organized… subsequently, I actually end up with an answer to my question… more often than not, I end up somewhere far, far away from where my research started. I’m sure I’ll share that experience with you eventually…
While watching Part 2 of the HBO Series “John Adams”, Benjamin Franklin complimented Thomas Jefferson on his fascinating chair. The chair swiveled all the way around.
“Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair?!” I exclaimed.
That question led me here:
12 Things Thomas Jefferson Invented
[please try to ignore the stupid comments people with nothing better to do have left]
dumbwaiters for wine bottles
the Great Clock
the hideaway bed
macaroni and cheese, not to mention
a macaroni extruding device
the pedometer
the plow moldboard of least resistance
the polygraph (not a lie detector, but a copying machine)
a revolving bookstand
the spherical sundial
an improved swivel chair
the wheel cipher
It’s worth noting that “he never took out a patent, owning to his belief that every invention should benefit all of society.”
Anyway, I then wondered, what does this description mean – why an “improved” swivel chair?
And I went here: http://storis63.tripod.com/jefferson2a.html
Where the description of the mahogany ladder (found under the Great Clock paragraph) fascinated me…
But I still didn’t have my answer…
This sort of answered it:
REVOLVING CHAIRS
Thomas Jefferson introduced an improved revolving Windsor chair to the United States after seeing it in Europe. Combining the Windsor chair with a writing arm and a leg rest in Monticello's joinery, Jefferson, according to his own definition of invention, created a new piece of furniture.
Alas, I ended up at the beloved Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swivel_chair
BTW - my favorite page I found during my research: http://storis63.tripod.com/jefferson4.html :)
Had I not set out to find my answer about the “improved” swivel chair, without a doubt, I’d still be researching the history of the 10 Pavilions on the lawn at UVA…
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
401-Keg
Received this email forward today from my husband...
Beer Investment: 401-Keg
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you would have $33.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you would have $0.00 today. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling refund, you would have received $214.00!!! Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called the 401-Keg. A recent study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means that, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon!
Makes you proud to be an American!
The funny thing is... I remember as a child, my dad used to take the bags full of empty beer cans from his mother's house to the recycling center... I'm SURE she drank more than $1,000 worth of beer each year! Hopefully I'll have a nice inheritance one of these days! :)
Beer Investment: 401-Keg
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you would have $33.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you would have $0.00 today. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling refund, you would have received $214.00!!! Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called the 401-Keg. A recent study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means that, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon!
Makes you proud to be an American!
The funny thing is... I remember as a child, my dad used to take the bags full of empty beer cans from his mother's house to the recycling center... I'm SURE she drank more than $1,000 worth of beer each year! Hopefully I'll have a nice inheritance one of these days! :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)