Posted by
Madison on June 2, 2010
Six months after getting our Ooma phone, we’re still loving it! A reader, ElleX asked: Madison, how do you like Ooma? Did you keep your landline number? I want to rid myself of a landline phone so I am very interested in your results. To answer ElleX’s questions, here’s our Ooma review! Ooma Review Our […]
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Posted by
Amanda on May 19, 2010
We got engaged, we took the plunge, and we survived! My husband and I are now happily married, and have settled back into our home in Houston, TX. I am now contentedly sitting back, enjoying all of the free time that has crept back into my schedule. You know what else I am enjoying? All […]
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Posted by
Jill on May 11, 2010
A little over a year ago, I won a SmartyPig gift card. I had heard of SmartyPig, but since I had an established ING account as well as a few others, I had never seriously considered opening an account there. Once I got the gift card though, I decided to try out SmartyPig Bank. Since […]
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Posted by
Amanda on May 4, 2010
I can still remember the taste of freedom and excitement, laced with nervousness and anxiety, when my father drove me one and a half hours away to a small town in Maryland and helped me unpack my belongings into my first apartment. It was the summer after my college graduation, and I had landed a […]
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Posted by
Amanda on April 21, 2010
In case you have been living in the dark ages (some by choice), the web has evolved into a resource for free services ranging anywhere from information, to cable television shows, to college courses! Internet users are demanding that anything on the web be free, and so for new companies and even existing companies to […]
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Posted by
Madison on March 31, 2010
It’s time to rejuvenate your finances! To celebrate spring The Life Skills Network is featuring a rejuvenation day today. Check out all the fun topics to spice up your spring at the end of the article. Rejuvenate Your Finances Update your withholding. Now that your taxes are done (or almost done), if you got a […]
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Posted by
Amanda on January 27, 2010
As a child, my Uncle Andy and Aunt Anita bought my sister and I a book by James Stevenson called Could be Worse. It was a humorous book about an old man who’s favorite response to any sort of complaining—such as when his grandkids get a splinter, or their kite flies up into a tree—is […]
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Posted by
Amanda on January 19, 2010
My fiancé and I recently purchased a home, as well as a used vehicle when my car died. In other words…we are close to starting from scratch with our savings. We have not been this low in our emergency or other savings accounts in years, and so I thought this would be a great time […]
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Posted by
Guest Author on December 30, 2009
This is a guest article by Kevin. You can find Kevin at 20s Money, where he writes about financial topics geared specifically for young people in their 20s. The Perfect Storm Young people are in dire financial conditions. A weak job market, crushing debt levels and a lack of fiscal responsibility are a perfect storm […]
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Posted by
Madison on November 30, 2009
Cyber Monday shopping is in full swing at our house. Although, I can’t figure out why they’ve limited it to just one day. My Cyber Monday started a week ago and lasts right up until Christmas Eve! Here are some of the online stores I’m shopping at this year, and what I’m buying (shhh, don’t […]
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