Comments on: Cant Buy Me Love http://www.purplesabrina.com/babyblog/archives/312 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Steve (Oz) http://www.purplesabrina.com/babyblog/archives/312#comment-45055 Steve (Oz) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:50:51 +0000 http://www.purplesabrina.com/babyblog/archives/312#comment-45055 My lovely wife did forget one pretty major source of money. I borrowed from my 401K. This was approx. half of the total amount. Again, it's not the preferred method, but it works. At our age, it's a fairly safe thing to do. Also, with the stock market tanking over the past year, I feel better that my money wasn't sitting in stocks and mutual funds delining in value. Instead, I spent it and helped the economy. And, now, I'm am currently paying myself back at almost 9% interest. I don't know why I'm charging myself interest (I acutally don't have a say), but in the long run, I suppose it's for the best. My lovely wife did forget one pretty major source of money. I borrowed from my 401K. This was approx. half of the total amount. Again, it’s not the preferred method, but it works. At our age, it’s a fairly safe thing to do. Also, with the stock market tanking over the past year, I feel better that my money wasn’t sitting in stocks and mutual funds delining in value. Instead, I spent it and helped the economy. And, now, I’m am currently paying myself back at almost 9% interest. I don’t know why I’m charging myself interest (I acutally don’t have a say), but in the long run, I suppose it’s for the best.

]]> By: Christina http://www.purplesabrina.com/babyblog/archives/312#comment-44959 Christina Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:42:54 +0000 http://www.purplesabrina.com/babyblog/archives/312#comment-44959 Hi Sabrina, I love your blog! I've been reading it for a while now. My husband and I are thinking about adopting from Korea. We're in the investigative phase right now, and the cost is tough to swallow, especially since we've already blown so much money on fertility treatments. We are going to have to come up with it from several different sources, 401K loan, tax refund, work bonus money, money from selling stuff, etc. I wanted to rant to you that one of the agencies that I looked at turned me off because it says on their website that they prefer for their prospective parents to have the entire amount in cash WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE OUT A LOAN! Are they kidding? Who do they think can do that? Unreal. --Christina Hi Sabrina,
I love your blog! I’ve been reading it for a while now. My husband and I are thinking about adopting from Korea. We’re in the investigative phase right now, and the cost is tough to swallow, especially since we’ve already blown so much money on fertility treatments. We are going to have to come up with it from several different sources, 401K loan, tax refund, work bonus money, money from selling stuff, etc. I wanted to rant to you that one of the agencies that I looked at turned me off because it says on their website that they prefer for their prospective parents to have the entire amount in cash WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE OUT A LOAN! Are they kidding? Who do they think can do that? Unreal.

–Christina

]]> By: Cristin http://www.purplesabrina.com/babyblog/archives/312#comment-44953 Cristin Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:39:20 +0000 http://www.purplesabrina.com/babyblog/archives/312#comment-44953 Wows! It seems my not charging for notarizations didn't really help you out, hehehe. But AJ is perfect and totally worth it. Wows! It seems my not charging for notarizations didn’t really help you out, hehehe. But AJ is perfect and totally worth it.

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