Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
Just because your kids are small doesn’t mean you get to postpone teaching them good values. It’s a necessary task to teach your young children to say please and thank you, to say excuse me and to be polite. Good manners are good to have, and the earlier a child learns them, the better. However, […] More
Having kids is the most fun my husband and I have ever had. It’s also the most stressful, most exhausting, and most frustrating thing we’ve ever done. We like to think we are good parents – and that the happy, well-behaved (most of the time), intelligent little girls we have say a lot to corroborate […] More
Exercise; it’s that thing no one really enjoys doing but everyone needs to do. The thing about exercise is that you probably dread doing it, but you immediately feel great after doing it. Running is a particularly great form of exercise because there are so many benefits. If you are considering taking up running as […] More
It never fails to amaze me when I encounter someone who doesn’t do something, won’t wear something, won’t go after something, or makes other decisions based on what other people might think of them. Really, who cares? I simply do not understand why people are so concerned with doing what they think will make everyone […] More
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