by Briana | Family Finance, Finance
A lot of people forget that just a few decades ago, households were ran differently. Men were the primary providers and breadwinners while women were the homemakers, cooking, cleaning, and raising children. In today’s society, it is more of the norm that...
by Briana | Family Finance, Finance
Every year, high schools welcome a new class of seniors. 3 years earlier, they entered as scared and intimidated freshmen. Now they’re confident and anxious 12th graders. Senior year is one of the most exciting and most expensive school years. As a parent,...
by Miranda | Family Finance, Finance, Personal Finance
We’re moving into warmer summer months. In my neck of the woods, June wasn’t too bad. But July’s turning out to be something of a scorcher. That means the air conditioner is turning on more frequently. We want to run the AC less, and keep our...
by Miranda | Family Finance, Finance, Personal Finance
One of the most difficult things for many of us to understand is why the Federal Reserve hasn’t made a move to rein in inflation — at least a little bit. This concern has been picking up speed ever since reports of food inflation were released by the...
by Timothy Ng | Family Finance, Finance
Do you remember how old you were when you began learning about finance, savings, and budgeting? For me my earliest memory of any financial teaching was seeing my Mother and Father sitting at the dinner table each week furiously scribbling on scraps of paper, and...
by Miranda | Family Finance, Finance, Personal Finance
It’s been something of a trying week for my family. Our crawl space and basement flooded on Monday, so we’ve been drying carpet, removing damaged drywall and sorting the ruined items from the salvageable in our crawl space. And, while it hasn’t been...