Are you tired of winter? Me too. It’s hard to believe how excited I was when the winter season first started. After a couple months of freezing cold weather I’m starting to feel trapped. The excitement of Christmas and New Years has passed and now it seems we are stuck in a pattern of cold grey snow. Here are three cheap and easy ways to beat the winter blues and bring the outdoors inside. ...
A Totally Painless Way to Save More for Retirement
I’m stuck somewhere in the middle of a Robert Kiyosaki and traditional investing mindset. While I definitely care about retirement and want to do my part in making sure that my retirement is a good one, I am not all gung-ho on only going the stock market route. I want some physical assets – like real estate and businesses. So I’m always torn. Do I put as much money as I can into a retirement ...
5 Creative Ways for Single Moms to Save Money
Today I have a guest post from Megan of Momma Loves Money. She and I have some different viewpoints on some of these so I thought it was pretty fun to see things from two different perspectives! As single moms, we have to do everything! We cook, we clean, we work, and we work, and we work. Now, if we could just find a way to save some money, we could work a little less. This would allow us to ...
January Income, Saving and Spending
January is over. We are now that much closer to spring. Woohoo. After everyone's awesome suggestions (thank you!) on what to do for fun during the winter, I made some progress. Over the weekend I cleaned out my refrigerator, prepped food for the week (I'm doing a ten day energy challenge I'll tell you about it after it's over,) cleaned up and organized my office space, found an awesome book ...
Let’s Talk About ACA and Health Insurance….
This post is sponsored by UnitedHealthcare. All opinions and, of course, personal stories are my own. I think it would be fair to say that many people are confused when it comes to the Affordable Care Act and getting health insurance. I, personally, was excited when the ACA law passed. Then after hearing so many opposing views and misinformation I became a little confused. Shortly after, I ...
What Do You Do for Fun During the Winter?
Last winter this was the middle of the main road! I have cabin fever. I noticed this slight feeling of depression creeping in about a week and a half ago. My grouchy mood started getting worse each day. I started to think maybe I was working too much. I’ve put in some serious hours over this past month and I began to wonder if that was starting to cause me burn out. So….I took the whole ...