When I was a kid, I loved to read. And that love of reading has passed itself to my children. Now that I’ve been through eight years of book fairs with one child and four years with the other, I consider myself somewhat of a book fair expert. I love being able to take the […]
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How Your Emergency Plan can Save You
Good morning and happy Monday! I’m excited today to have written my first guest post over at My Family on a Budget – be sure to go check it out if you haven’t already. Emergency funds. We all hear that you should be keeping 3-6 months of expenses in a savings account or some other easily […]
Fun Thanksgiving Financial Facts
Happy Thanksgiving week to those in the US! I was planning to take the week off work but it’s looking more like a half week-I have a new project kicking off that’s demanding a lot of my time to plan and prepare for. In honor of Thanksgiving week I wanted to post a few fun financial […]
Why I want to be free of my 2.75% mortgage in five years
Lately I’m dreaming about mortgage freedom. This may be surprising – after all, my mortgage only has less than 12 years left at 2.75%. The balance over the past three years (since it started-it’s a 15 year) has dropped almost $50k. Every month the balance goes down by over a thousand dollars, thanks to the […]
Halloween 2016 Fun Financial Facts
Happy Halloween everyone! For this weeks Money Monday I’m sharing some fun financial facts about Halloween for you. For more check out the National Retail Federation’s Halloween headquarters. I wrote a post with these facts and some tips to save money last week – be sure to check it out here. Don’t forget to score […]