We’re facing an interesting situation right now in my family. My income is down, and my husband works for the State of California. For those not familiar with the situation here, due to the annual battle over the budget not being settled on time (as usual), they’ve temporarily cut...
Being a stay at home mom has a lot of benefits. The big one is being there for your kids. But it also has a lot of disadvantages, of which the biggest is usually living on a single income. The financial stress can be tremendous. This naturally leads to...
Having some extra money around for emergencies can very suddenly become important. That’s why it’s called an emergency fund, after all. It’s not something you expect to need all the time. But if you keep waiting to build one up, the emergency might come before you’re ready. This is...
Money’s tight for a lot of people right now. How could it not be with the economy having so many troubles in recent times? It really brings home the need to earn more for a lot of people, me included. Earning enough money to get by is important, but...
Any time you get a new service, you probably shopped around to be certain that you got the best deal for the price. You may not have always chosen the cheapest, but rather the best combination of services and cost that you could find for your area. Have you...