by Libby Balke | Uncategorized
“THEY DON’T LIVE HERE ANY MORE!” I scrawled atop the envelope from AARP in big, angry, red marker, borrowed from my daughter’s collection of kindergarten art supplies. Probably a little over the top for a message to the USPS, but I was at my...
by Miranda | Couple Finance, Finance
One of the realities of marriage is that you have to make a lot of decisions together. And, interestingly, you can be happier in your marriage if you take the time to make financial decisions together. Since money is a major source of stress in many relationships,...
by Libby Balke | Dining out with Kids
It’s the great American pasttime – dining out at the ballpark. Now that summer’s officially in full swing, my husband has been up my you-know-what, bugging me to loosen the purse strings so we could take the family to a baseball game. But between the...
by Miranda | Financial Literacy, Financial Planning
If only I had more money… I’ve heard this refrain from friends and relatives for years. I’ve even said it myself. The idea is that having more money is the key to financial stability and freedom. If you had more money, you’d start saving. If...
by Libby Balke | Budgeting, Saving
For the past two years, my husband and I have survived on a threadbare budget. We’ve said no to dinners out, to new clothes, to unnecessary trips across town. Whenever faced with the decision to spend or save, we always opted to put money away for a rainy day...
by Miranda | Behavioral Finance, Finance, Personal Finance
Few of us enjoy feeling stressed. However, the reality is that sometimes a little stress can be good for you. When it comes to finances, could a little stress actually benefit you by prompting you to change your habits and make improvements? The last few years have...
by Guest | Consumer Info, Debt & Credit, Debt Elimination
For centuries, people have chosen a path out of indebtedness that brought social stigma and disgrace not only to the debtor but to his family as well. Today, the stigma being removed by a more contemporary view of bankruptcy, we’ll see in our article post below...
