Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
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Being a good friend requires more than just getting together for girls night, calling each other up to brag about new jobs/boyfriends/raises, and lending one another great clothes. Being a good friend means being there in good times and in bad. It means being there even when you can’t be there. Being a good friend […] More
Life, kids, work, school, finances, social life, and different family dynamics have a way of making it difficult for families to stay close. Some couples can’t handle this kind of pressure and the wedge it puts in between their marriages, and their marriages fail. Other couples make it a point to stay close without any […] More
A strong relationship is one that will stand the test of time. It will stand through difficult times, good times, and in between times. When people ask me how my husband and I have managed to keep our relationship so strong after 11 years, I tell them it’s because we’ve been to hell and back […] More
Now that 30 is approaching for both my husband and myself (next year) there are things we talk about and things we think about. Fortunately, we both feel that we’ve done everything we wanted to accomplish (plus a LOT more) at this age so we’re good there. We, like most people, spent a lot of […] More
I always think about my house before the cleaning lady comes over to clean. I wonder if I straightened up enough. I wonder if there is anything anywhere that would make me go, “ew” and I wonder why I even bother to use a cleaning company considering I am an anal retentive neat freak who […] More
When you are in between 20 and 50 it seems as if your choices for clothing are slim pickins’. The clothing in most stores seems either too old or too young. You don’t want to look like a granny but you don’t want to look like a teenager either. After dealing with frustration over this […] More
Many people find that marriage counseling works for them. In fact, I could name several couples that I know who have been through marriage counseling and found it beneficial and others who I think need to call a marriage counselor stat; but I won’t. The fact is, for those with marital issues – and those […] More
Getting ready each day, whether it is for bed or work, means you spend a lot of time on your beauty routine. Most women have a long list of things they do each day before they leave the house and each night before they go to bed. These things are often time consuming and sometimes […] More
You may have heard at some point that the only person in control of your happiness is you. This is not a cute saying or fun quote; this is the absolute truth. So many men and women go looking for another person to “complete” them or to make them happy, but no one can make […] More
I admit that it’s been well over 11 years since I was a part of the dating world, and even then I was only 18-years-old. However, I have friends and family members who date regularly and I’ve learned a lot from them. Being on the outside looking in, there is a lot that daters don’t […] More
Like it or not, your children are bound to pick up some personality traits from you. It has often been said that parenting is more caught than taught. The meaning of that phrase is that regardless of what you say to your children they are more likely to do what you do than what you […] More
Everyone wants the opportunity to live a wonderful life, but many don’t know how to do it. I find it a bit crass to ask personal financial questions of others, but it seems a few people have no problem doing this. I am always shocked when people ask me personal financial questions, but I’m even […] More