Money Saving Ideas

Some friends of mine had the opportunity to celebrate their 7 year anniversary together last night! I received a phone call late in the afternoon yesterday and I was excited to hear what my friend Thomas had planned for his wife Vanessa. Besides telling me where he was taking her, he also asked if I could babysit for the evening. Well of course it was not a problem for me. Those kids probably missed me anyway! (Not as much as I’ve missed them, of course) When the children and I … Continue reading →

Is it me, or is everything in the stores getting more expensive? I think it’s a reality that everyone is forced to come to grips with. While I was out doing my grocery shopping last night, I quickly realized that in order to get every item that was on my list, I would be going over my budget by $50 – $60. Although gas prices are on their way down lately, I still want to be prepared for a sudden increase. So I decided I was going to have to … Continue reading →

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Do you feel the heaviness of our nation, our economy? We use to be worrying about tomorrow but I think the worry goes deeper and the worry is more widespread. It’s totally overwhelming. What are we going to do? Should we sell our home? Should we pull out our money from this bank or that bank? Should we transfer our money somewhere else? Where’s the safe bet? Should I buy a home? Do we stuff our savings money in our mattress? Should we be riding our credit cards or continue … Continue reading →

I was in the dentist’s office waiting for my boys to get their 6 month exam. In the lobby they had a lot of different magazines to chose from. I had read somewhere else that you should make yourself read other people’s success stories with money, you should subscribe to money magazines or even read the Wall Street Journal every now and then. If you care about your money, you need to invest on learning about money & how to make it grow and last. Instead of picking up People, … Continue reading →

Yesterday I surfed the web on the available downloads. There’s a great website out there, Cnetdownload.com. The site breaks down the downloads, ones for Windows, MAC’s, Mobile and Webware. It then breaks it down by popular downloads (you don’t want to be the last one to know about things), favorite downloads (what are people liking out there), the editor’s picks (some possible upcoming cool thing), etc. It has all kinds of software available. It has reviews on the different downloads, it has tips and forums when you can’t find answers. … Continue reading →

My son is in 5th grade. A couple years ago he learned how to do a slide show using Power Point. He always wanted it on his home computer but I didn’t want to buy software. I kept putting it off and putting it off. What a bummer for him! I’m stopping him from growing in the computer world because I don’t want to spend money. I figured all he really needs is a word processor. We barely had a typewriter when we were growing up. Not everyone has a … Continue reading →

Sometimes we need to sit and work. Sometimes we just don’t feel like it. Sometimes we get so sidetracked that what would normally take 30 minutes to do, takes the whole day. Arghhh! I use to work at an insurance company and I would have to process medical claims all day long, sometimes 10+ hours because we were so backlogged. Back then if we had the resources we have today, it would have been a breeze. We use to bring “Walkman CD players” and a case full of CDs to … Continue reading →

My desktop computer has been acting up, telling me I have viruses, that I needed to install one of those antivirus scans. The only thing is that it was going to charge me, it wasn’t something I wanted to spend money on. Yes, I do want my computer to be free of viruses, protected and all that but software is just so expensive. You buy the computer, printer, ink, paper to get you by, then you have to spend $50-$80 to keep it safe. I know it’s important, but so … Continue reading →