Best of Money Carnival

Posted by Madison on June 7th, 2010

Welcome to the Best of Money Carnival! The carnival highlights the top 10 personal finance articles of the week, selected by our editorial assistant, Kate. The Best of Money The best article of the week is Free consumer reports – Credit , Banking, Insurance, Employment & More from Suba at Wealth Informatics. Find out everything [...]

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Carnival of Personal Finance #256: Market Crash Edition

Posted by Madison on May 10th, 2010

Last Thursday’s market crash will be another one for the history books. To say the markets took a wild swing on May 6, 2010 is a bit of an understatement. To celebrate the Carnival of Personal Finance, we’ll take a look at some interesting pieces of the puzzle as well as some fun videos from [...]

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Should We Downsize?

Posted by Madison on February 26th, 2009

Downsizing seems to be the hot topic at our house lately. My husband and I had a long discussion last week. It revolved around finances, lifestyle, goals and happiness. Since I quit my job 5 months ago, I’ve never been happier! Downsizing I took interest in the CNN story about a couple selling their home [...]

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Gas Prices, Upcoming Business Launch, Crawling and More!

Posted by Madison on June 18th, 2008

We’re celebrating! The second phase of our business recently got the approval to launch. Stay tuned… in the next week, I’ll tell you all about it! If you have kids, this is one that you won’t want to miss! In other news at the Dupaix household this week, I bought my new car, we’re scheduled [...]

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The Lake That Vanished, Flood Insurance, and Lots of Links

Posted by Madison on June 11th, 2008

We don’t live anywhere near a flood plain; however, after this weekend, I’m tempted to get flood insurance. Nearby Lake Delton vanished in two hours! When the 267 acre lake drained it took several homes and a huge amount of tourism revenue with it. It’s completely unbelievable! The homes were not in a flood plain [...]

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