I’m not sure what is going on lately, but I’ve been reading and seeing a lot about raising teenagers. My kids are little ones and I know teenagers are a lot of work but wow I feel like I need to start figuring stuff out now! Already my kids will be six and four in [...]
I am rethinking how to budget for our various extra expenses. The kids start gymnastics camp next week and we still owe the gym money. I was paying a little each paycheck (sidenote - wow kids camps are expensive!) but quit because I didn’t think I owed that much. Come to find out I still [...]
I know a few of my friends who pay bills about the same way that I do - first thing in the morning of payday. I pay everything (except our water bill) online so it takes about a half hour to make the payments. A few of our bills are set up on automatic payment [...]
How is your small business going? Mine is moving right along, though I admit growth has slowed down. I’m still maintaining all that I have been, but find that it is time to outsource a few items I have to work on. I would love to have a virtual assistant, but I’m at that point [...]
Get Rich Slowly has a great story of When to Replace Common Household Items.
When we moved into our house a little over four years ago we had great appliances. We actually bought the house from a great couple and they even left us a huge list to get to know the house. It was awesome. [...]
There is a new web based business in town! Check out Driveway (which is at http://www.driveway.com) for Online File Sharing. I’ve ran into this problem before. I’ll have an attachment and when I go to send it to someone it gets stuck in my outbox (or gets stuck ’sending’) and just never leaves. Driveway offers [...]
A few weeks ago I looked in the classifieds for the first time in over a year. Garage sale season has started up here and I was looking at how many are in our area. Also in the garage sale section was an advertisement for a bookstore having a going out of business sale - [...]
On to lighter topics! I’ve been browsing all of my favorite stores clearance and sale sections and their outlet stores (the ones that are online anyway) searching for more clothes for my kids. I continue to be amazed at how much they grow in a short amount of time and could compare them to plants [...]
I talked to my husband more about Tuition Assistance and he clued me in on the new criteria one has to meet before they are allowed to even use TA.
You must be recommended for promotion/advancement. You also have to have passed the latest advancement test you were eligible for. (Basically if you are eligible [...]