Archive for August, 2011
Cheapest Date Ever!
TweetIf you’re new here you may want to sign up for my weekly newsletter. Thanks for visiting!One great way to have a special date with your spouse is to recreate a memory from early in your relationship. The extra bonus is that these dates are often very cheap. Funny how often times our favorite memories [...]
Change is Messy Work
TweetChange is difficult for everyone. Few people really embrace change. Most resist it and feel uncomfortable until the new thing feels normal. The problem is that a lot of people take the uncomfortable feelings they experience during change as a sign that things are going wrong. If you initiated the change you probably made that [...]
Are Poor People Nicer Than Rich People?
TweetLast week I wrote about my experiences with getting tips at a drive thru coffee shop and the trends I noticed when comparing a person’s vehicle to the tip I received. During that time I noticed that the nicer the car, the smaller the tip. I got a lot of interesting comments and they have [...]
Link Love: The Record Breaking Heat Edition
TweetRemember how last week I said that summer could end now. Summer didn’t listen… quite the opposite actually. It’s been over 110 all week. We broke two or three heat records. Not what I was hoping for, and next week doesn’t look any better. So while the east coast gets shaken up and then hammered [...]
My Favorite Book Hack
TweetWhen I was in college – which wasn’t that long ago even though I’m 33 – I bought all my text books on Amazon. All the ones I could anyways. The text book industry is pretty slick about making sure they get their money. Tricky things like making a special edition that is school specific, [...]
Accidental Landlords
TweetI’ve watched the housing boom and bust with great interest. I got into the market in 2004, just in time for the big action. I watched the value of my house more than double and then drop to below what we paid. I live in a small subdivision with about 100 homes. It’s laid out [...]
The School Routines
TweetThis doesn’t have anything to do with money. But it does have to do with simple living, which is another topic that I love. I was inspired to write about my kids before and after school routines by Maggie over at Square Pennies. Before and after school can be stressful and crazy. Making sure everyone [...]
Can You Tell a Big Tipper by the Car They Drive?
TweetI used to work for tips in a local coffee shop in a small Massachusetts town. I worked the drive thru from 4:30am til Noon pretty much 7 days a week. During my shift I personally waited on about 300 customers per day. I started to notice something about people and their money. I started to see patterns [...]
Are You Ready to Die?
TweetI know it’s morbid to ask this but, are you ready to die? I mean, financially. Are your affairs in order? I ask because one of my neighbors was murdered last Monday. It’s really rocking my little group of friends. All of us stay/work at home moms are pretty close in my neighborhood and this [...]
Link Love: The Summer Can End Now Edition
TweetWe are now getting into what I consider the dog days of summer. I’m so tired of 100+ days that I can’t even speak about it. It’s going to be getting cooler soon everywhere else in the country and I’m still looking at a solid 2 months of hot. UG! I switched my daily walk [...]
