Twelve years ago, I left my career as a corporate writer and editor to stay home with my second child. I tried to keep my hand in my writing field, but my attempts were infrequent at best. Little did I know that 12 years later, I would find myself single after 25 years. Going out […]
Finances
Digging Deep during Tough Times
I just saw the official news that the U.S. has been in a recession since a year ago, however the Bush administration has avoided the word “recession” like the plague. But now that Bush is on the way out, the National Bureau of Economic Research has become emboldened, and is calling it what it is–and […]
Credit Where Credit is Due
This is going to be a quick entry, but I just had to tell you how God is working in my life. Recently, my husband has put us on a tighter financial rein, both because we felt we weren’t saving as much as we’d like, and because we were not being as responsible with our […]
Saving Money
I’d like to point out an excellent resource for couponing and saving money on groceries/toiletries: Money Saving Mom. This website also has tips on working from home. Remember, if cash is tight there are two ways to help. Either increase the cash inflow (new job, second job) or decrease the cash outflow (or do both). […]
Saving on Electricity
About two months ago I decided to see if I could get my electricity bill down. One of the biggest changes I made was with our computers. We have a desktop and a laptop and both computers were left on all the time though they were in standby mode (which is less energy consumption than […]
Lowering Cable/Phone/Internet Bill
I got this idea from another website and it worked. We have a combined phone/internet/cable package through Verizon. The prices seem to have slowly crept up since the the initial starting package which is easy to just ignore. However, this is an area where you can use competition to your advantage. I noticed that another […]