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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View Article5 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...
View ArticleFoodie 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...
View ArticleAgent 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...
View ArticleFoodie 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...
View ArticleMore 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleFoodie 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...
View Article4 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...
View ArticleJoin 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleFoodie 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...
View ArticleFoodie 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...
View ArticleBeware 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...
View ArticleGive 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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