After the hoopla from the holidays is over, we turn around and head right into planning a birthday party for my oldest son. It’s one of the drawbacks of having a birthday around the holidays, however it is fun to have another event to see friends and family! Once the party is over next week […]
Happy holidays from our family to yours! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. Amazon Prime free shipping ended last night, so now I’m officially done shopping! And if it wasn’t a lightning deal on Amazon, it was probably a Slickdeal. I love the feeling of getting fantastic deals on all the gifts I […]
When Amanda wrote about How to Score Big on Cyber Monday, I marked today in my calendar for a big day of online holiday shopping. Free Shipping Day. Today is Free Shipping Day. It’s the day you can order online with free shipping and guaranteed delivery by Christmas Eve. Last I checked they had 714 […]
Google Voice is my new favorite inexpensive phone solution for small businesses. We are full steam ahead in launching the new business by the end of the year. One of the needs in any small business is phone service. Google Voice to the rescue. The service is free. You get a phone number (you can […]
Everyone loves a good challenge, right? As my husband was boxing up the iPod he sold on eBay, a new challenge occurred to me. Could you earn enough money before the holidays to cover your entire holiday budget? That’s the challenge I posed to my husband. We’re going to try for a revenue neutral holiday! […]
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are having a wonderful day surrounded by family and friends. We’re hosting dinner this year, but not all of our family can be here… so we’ll only have 18! The stuffing, green bean casserole, and the sweet potatoes are cooking right now; my dad didn’t trust me to cook the […]
Our new ooma phone system arrived this week. Now we can say goodbye to our monthly phone bill. With the ooma phone, after you buy it, you don’t need to pay a monthly fee for the service. We got an ooma on sale for $204 (which came with an iPod shuffle). After switching from Vonage […]
We’re planning a big family vacation for next summer. Scott, me, the kids, and my parents are all headed to Seattle for a friend’s wedding. We decided to make a week out of it and make it a vacation. Gone are the days when Scott and I could book 2 tickets on Northwest with our […]
To satisfy one of my crazy tax desires, I’ve decided to become an enrolled agent. Not exactly your typical free time hobby, but something I find intriguing. I’ve completed taxes for years and volunteered for VITA, so it’s really the next logical step. As an enrolled agent, you can practice and represent taxpayers before the […]
I recently highlighted our mortgage refinance with Pentagon Federal Credit Union. A reader, Vic, wanted to know more about joining the credit union. Not only do they have some incredibly good mortgage rates, but they also have good balance transfer rates from time to time (which we used on our rental property), and decent car […]
