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Marriage and Money
This past week my husband and I celebrated 10 years of marriage and was able to get away (without the little ones) to spend some alone time together. It was Fabulous. [featured-image] Antwain & Petrina, July 9, 2005 One of the many conversations we had pertained...
Does Having “Good Credit” Really Matter?
During our parents and grandparents’ generation, the experience of buying a car, a house or even clothes and food was totally different from how we (our generation) makes a purchase. Why? Because they lived on the principle of “if we do not have it, we can’t get it”...
7 Financial Books Everyone Must Read
I love reading and since our family is trying our best to get out of debt, I have become passionate about acquiring as much knowledge of personal finances as possible. Since I have been on this journey, certain books have stood out and completely changed our...
The Quickest Way to get Out of Debt
Get Completely Out of Debt in 7 Years” was the tagline my former boss and co-worker read for a Continuing Education class at one of the local universities. It sounded absurd, but they were intrigued by the tagline and decided to spend the $20 to register for the...
Plan Your Way to Success
The best way to succeed in anything is to first, believe. Believe you can do it, believe you will do it and believe in the plan to getting it done. Yes, planning your way to success is the recipe to actually acquiring the success you desire. This holds true in every...
3 Simple Tips to Market Yourself
There are many things that I can spend hours on hand doing; one of which is reading. And not just reading about who shot John and took his money (although novels and other fictitious story lines are good), but I absolutely love to read books on entrepreneurship,...
What We Are Teaching Our Kids About Money
Statistics show that the very first place children learn about money is where (or with whom) they spend most of their time with—their parents. They learn how to view money, how to spend money and the importance of money, not just by listening to what their parents say...
Generation X or Generation Less?
Yes, I said it right. According to a report from Pew Financial Security, Generation X (those born between 1965 and 1980) are less wealthier (or poorer) than our parents. [featured-image] Courtesy of dollarphotoclub.com How is that possible? We make FAR more than our...
We Did It, Again?
I could not believe we did it AGAIN. How could we have been so irresponsible? [featured-image] Courtesy of dollarphotoclub.com It’s not like we did not know the implications of our actions. We were (or at least I was) just caught up in the emotions of wanting what I...
