Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
Happy Halloween! Today is the big day in which the kids are celebrating by dressing up and coming home from school with a sugar high, you’re picking through their Halloween buckets for “Safety Reasons” (ie – to remove all bite sized snickers and reeses cups for yourself) and the doorbell won’t stop ringing. It’s a […] More
We all want to prevent our children from getting cavities. We want them to have the best dental health possible. So what can we do to help them prevent cavities? This is an appropriate time to discuss the damage that sugar does to our children’s teeth with today being Halloween. Sugar is a known cause […] More
Reaching for a pint of ice cream to cope with a broken heart is just what women do; it’s parts of the comfort foods craze. Something we all use to help us feel better when we’re otherwise feeling down and depressed. It’s the kind of food that reminds you of your happy childhood visits to […] More
Furniture shopping should be fun, but for the most part it’s a tedious drag. When it comes to shopping for new furniture, you’re likely doing it because you’re remodeling, replacing something a child or animal destroyed or moving. This means you’re already stressed and irritated when you begin the furniture shopping process. Here are a […] More
Ah, the terrible twos. In our house, we simply refer to this age as the year in which we are really going to spend more time traveling – without the kids (like we can leave them for long periods of time without missing their behavior like crazy). The terrible twos are a stage in which […] More
Ever wonder who, out of all the people offering marriage advice to young couples and newlyweds, has the best actual marriage advice? Here’s an idea; the people who’ve been there and done that and messed it up so badly that they’re not even married anymore. Maybe you wouldn’t consider the marriage advice of a divorced […] More
Being a helicopter parent is something that most of us don’t want to think we are. A helicopter parent is exactly what it sounds like; it is a parent that hovers too closely for comfort. A helicopter parent is a parent that refuses to give their child the space they need to experience a normal […] More
Christmas is less than two months away. If you think you have plenty of time left to begin your holiday shopping, more power to you. However, if you’re not a fan of the busy holiday rush, fighting for parking spots at the mall and standing in long holiday lines, you might want to consider a […] More