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Cool Quote: "The roosters may crow, but the hens deliver." (Ann Richards)
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Fun things to do before we leave Austin:
- Lunch at The Salt Lick (BBQ)
- Sunday Brunch at Fonda San Miguel (Mexican)
- Austin City Limits (try to score tickets)
- Bat Flight at Congress Ave Bridge
- Hike & Bike Trail (Town Lake)
- Cavern Tour: DONE!
- San Antonio (Alamo, Riverwalk)
- Houston (NASA)
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BA (Balance Sheet Affluent, as explained in "The Millionaire Mind"):

Age x .112 x Total Annual Realized Income = Expected Net Worth

If you are 2 times your expected net worth, you are "Balance Sheet Affluent"

My goal is for my household to be a bit over BA (have 2.12 times its expected net worth) by the time my DH is 50.

Starting Number (4/30/07) = 1.32 times expected net worth

First Year Quarterly Goals:
7/31/07 = 1.440 [Result: 1.510]
10/31/07 = 1.435 [Result: 1.569]
1/31/08 = 1.430 [Result: 1.541]
4/30/08 = 1.425 [Result: 1.400]

Second Year Quarterly Goals:
7/31/08 = 1.550 [Result = 1.515]
10/31/08 = 1.550
1/31/09 = 1.545
4/30/09 = 1.530

Herbicide!

June 23rd, 2007 at 05:03 pm

Crime: Herbicide
When: Sometime during the night
Prime Suspect: Bambi and his cohorts

Looks like the deer discovered one of my patches of Rainbow Chard. [Not hard to figure out which side of the patch they munched on, is it?] I'm glad I had gone through and harvested a bunch of it just 3 days ago.

Now that they have discovered it, no doubt they'll be back. Bon appetit, Bambi and friends!

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3 Responses to “Herbicide!”

contrary1 Says:
June 23rd, 2007 at 09:37 pm

Are you going to try to deter the critters or are you going to willingly share?? I have tried a garden stake or stakes......with plastic grocery bags tied to them at different levels in my areas where deer (or rabbits) were dining. Seemed to make enough noise & moved with the wind (or when something touched them) to keep my veggies from being somethings lunch.
Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
June 24th, 2007 at 08:09 am

I feel for ya. This is a terrible year for my garden and animals.
I'm imagining constructing a giant chicken wire box over the whole thing next year.
scfr Says:
June 24th, 2007 at 08:35 am

Contrary1, thanks for the great suggestion on stakes (or branches stuck in the ground perhaps?) with plastic bags. Since I'm moving in the fall, I'm not going to invest in anything that would have to be moved, so I was just going to share with the critters, but sticks & bags would be worth a try.

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