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Foodie Friday – How To Beat Back The Delivery Demons

Ordering out (or getting delivery) is killing your finances. How do we fight back against the urge? When you drag home from work late and you’ve made no preparations for dinner, the easy reaction is...

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How Not To Succeed in Business, Even If You Try

Everyone tells you what to do to succeed;  I think you also need to know what not to do if you don’t want to fail. Running your own business is the  classic American dream.  It’s romantic in ways that...

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5 Ways To Get More From Your Food Dollar

Sharpen up your dollar stretching skills before you head off to the supermarket to shop for food. Whether you are trying to carve out some savings for big goals, and just trying to get by in hard...

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Foodie Friday – The Real Paleo Diet

Want to follow the Paleo diet? It’s not what you think. The cost conscious cook has a theme song:  it’s Pete Seeger’s Turn, Turn Turn. To everything, there is a season…. It’s been the case since the...

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Agent Or Power Of Attorney – How To Make The Right Choice

The elderly and those tasked to care for them share a nightmare:  how does a caregiver handle the money matters of person who is too ill or too aged to do it themselves? Or too ill to competently name...

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Foodie Friday – How To Win The Battle Over Breakfast

  There’s a battle raging for your early morning attention. Here’s how to emerge victorious. Taco Bell has come out with a new breakfast menu, challenging McDonalds for more of your food budget. It’s...

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More Truths For Raising Financially Savvy Kids

To Jay’s list of five financial skills to teach children, I’d add two more truths kids need to master about money: Marketing is attempted manipulation, and Someone will always have more “stuff” than...

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What Kind Of Saver Are You?

A jar full of money is a turn-on.  Like the chest of gold coins in old pirate movies or the casket of jewels in fairy tales. I’m a visual person.  Not a visionary, mind you, but a visual learner. I...

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Foodie Friday – Why Food With Personal Finance?

We write about food each week because it’s an integral part of our lives – financially and otherwise. Some time ago, we began to wonder why the personal finance blogosphere wrote about food. It’s...

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4 Habits for Small Business Success

Starting out in business for yourself?  Congratulations. Small business, and businesses that were once small, form the tapestry of our economy.  I’ve run my own small business for 36 years and my...

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Join The Food Revolution: Enlist Your Kids

  Here’s a revolution that I can join wholeheartedly:  The Food Revolution. May 16 is Food Revolution Day, 2014.  Neat, that it falls on Foodie Friday. Brain child of British chef Jamie Oliver, Food...

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The Tax Rate Guide For New Graduates

If you thought finals were tough, just wait until you start your first post-graduation job. Welcome to a world of tax forms, withholding, and tax deadlines.  Taxes are the price we pay for...

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Foodie Friday – 5 Easy Egg Recipes

What happens when you buy too many eggs? I was too tired after work  to make a second grocery stop to get a mere dozen eggs, surely more suitable to a household of two. The good news is that two dozen...

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Foodie Friday – Green To Save Green

My tool kit of quick dinners is replete with green pasta sauces that I can whip up on the spot. All it requires is the green of your choice, olive oil, garlic, and the seasonings of your choice.  By...

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Beware The Hidden Cost of Reverse Mortgages

Using a reverse mortgage may cost you more than it’s worth.A reverse mortgage allows you to stay in your home, get a fistful of cash, make no payments, and live on the equity in your home.It’s...

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Give More Than Thanks

This Thanksgiving, put your money where your mouth is, literally.I’m making shopping lists and planning menus for the gathering at my house.There’ll be plenty here.  But not everywhere around me.So, do...

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