Not Made Of Money

The cooler weather of fall brings one certainty back into our lives: tailgate parties. Hosting a tailgate party can be a ton of fun whether you are attending a professional football game or enjoying a high school or college game at your alma mater. You get to enjoy good food with your [...]

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Whether you are interested in doing your part for the environment or simply saving a few dollars on your utility bills, home energy savings tips can certainly help you. You’d like to spend less each month, right? I would, too, so I’ve devoted a little time this week to finding some easy things [...]

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Are you still holding on to the idea of writing a check for each of your bills? Are you still rifling through your desk for stamps and trying to calculate the number of days your check needs to travel through your vendor’s processing department? If this sounds like your method of bill payment, [...]

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One of the biggest hurdles to a family’s budget is impulse spending. You can make all the plans about your money that you want, but if you don’t have the willpower to avoid making unplanned (or unbudgeted) purchases, your budget is simply a work of fiction. You have to stick to the plan.
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So many people that I talk to want to get a good handle on their family’s finances, but they are so intimidated by their finances that they don’t know where to start. How can they stay on top of all of their financial assets, their goals, and their debts at the same time? [...]

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Some days I think that I get so bogged down in dealing with our day-to-day finances that retirement seems too far away to even think about. I know that my husband and I won’t be old enough to retire for almost thirty years. Who has time to think about retirement planning when it’s [...]

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When you’re trying to come up with a meal in a hurry, there’s nothing like having a fully-stocked pantry. There’s no limit to the things I can whip up when my pantry is full. If you’re new to the idea of stocking a pantry, though, you may be a little overwhelmed trying to [...]

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