Silicon Valley Living – being well is being passionate and productive

Bathrooms

Taftek AML101 Non-Reversible Door Lock

The kids bathroom door lock was broken so I had to find one quickly, Amazon has one “non-reversible” door lock which fits our door perfectly for $10.99 in Satin Nickel. It took me less than 15 minutes to replace the old one with this one. It came with everything needed to install. Very sturdy, nice […]

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Pink House

Sunjoe 10″ Pole Electric Chainsaw

We need to cut down a tree branch that blocks the signal of the Sail Internet Receiver. We bought a Sunjoe long pole chainsaw from Amazon for $80 to cut it down. The saw was amazingly sweet, cut the tree trunks like butter. We really liked it.

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Investing

Invest In ETFs

To keep up with inflation and grow our money, there are many ways to invest. The best is to invest in S&P500, NASDAQ, DOW ETFs. ETF is Exchange-Traded Funds. We can buy and sell ETFs just like stocks, but there are many types of ETFs, there are 1x, 2x and 3x which we can use […]

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Being Frugal | Finance | Investing

iBond 7.12% From TreasuryDirect

To keep up with inflation, we invest in TreasuryDirect iBond which yields 7.12% this period. Although it limits only $10,000 a year for any SS, we can still buy each year. The best is to buy with many different amounts instead of one lump-sum $10k because we can’t sell the bond in parts. This bond […]

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Golf

Callippe Preserve Golf Course

I like to play golf to exercise instead of going to health clubs, I like to walk and swing the golf clubs weekly. It’s been a long time since I played at the Callippe Preserve, it’s a challenging golf course and I do like it very much. The senior rate is quite affordable.

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