My mother is extremely frugal. She stretches the money her and my father have by painstakingly evaluating every purchase for value, and getting every drop of use out of their possessions. But while visiting them for Thanksgiving I saw that they were … [Read more...] about Lack Of Knowledge Can Cost You Money
Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net I'm not a big coupon user, I admit it. It's not because I don't like to save money, it's because I never seem to find the time to go and find the coupons. I don't subscribe to a newspaper, so … [Read more...] about Three Easy Ways To Find Coupons
My family and my brother's family traveled to spend Father's Day weekend with my parents. Sitting around the kitchen table, my father was poking fun of the fact that there were several people on their smart phones checking Facebook, Twitter or … [Read more...] about Why I Will Never Take A “Technology Break”
Last Thursday a massive winter storm streaked across the Midwest dumping record amounts of snow in many places, including where I live. Schools were closed, and roads were virtually impassable. My son was home from school, my wife and I stayed home … [Read more...] about Are Today’s Luxuries Tomorrow’s Necessities?
Up next in the Personal Finance Basics Series is a task that I personally should go through myself: Career Planning. I have discovered what I'm good at doing, for the most part, but I haven't actually taken the time to sit down and figure out what I … [Read more...] about Personal Finance Basics: Career Planning
It was 1 month ago since my last contract ended abruptly, and I finally went back to work on Monday. I had a "false start" 2 weeks ago and thought I would be starting with a different client, but then my boss' boss did some resource shuffling and … [Read more...] about I’m finally back to work! Blech!
