Prescriptions can be pricey. Especially if your insurance doesn’t cover them. Unfortunately, mine doesn’t so I’ve had to get a little creative with ways to reduce their toll on my budget. Here is my prescription for cutting costs at the pharmacy. 1. Learn to pharmacy hop. I am always on the look out for prescription [...]
There are too many people in the world today who have never been taught basic finances. Their parents didn’t show them. The schools didn’t show them. What little they may know they have usually learned by hearsay or from the media – neither of which are the best sources around. Start kids off early learning [...]
In honor of Earth Week, here’s a way you can help the environment and earn $1, too. Since GreenDimes started in 2006, they’ve stopped over four billion pounds of junk mail. Users pay a small fee and in return the nice people at GreenDimes stop junk mail from showing up in their mailbox and plant [...]
As I shared with you nearly a month ago, I put my home on the market. And as promised, I am offering my personal perspective of the “real estate crisis” as I try to sell my home in a buyers’ market. We’ve had lots of interest and quite a few showings. The feedback has been [...]
The pastor at the church I was attending told a great story. -A man took his young son to a fast food restaurant one afternoon for some father and son time. The boy ordered his food, including a large fry, and the dad paid for the meal. The two were sitting enjoying the time together [...]
Starting soon, millions of Americans will get rebate checks of up to $600 (individuals) or $1200 (for families) from the government. Whether you consider it a windfall or income you’ve already earned, many are wondering whether to tithe any of that money. Tithing itself is often a debated practice, but assuming you agree with it, [...]
If you listen to the experts then you probably know that it depends on who those experts represent as to whom they think is to blame for the real estate crisis in the United States. Some blame the lenders and others blame the borrowers and still others blame the government. I had the chance to [...]
Most budgets are out of balance because people have things they don’t really need (sometimes things that they don’t even want). Simplify your life and fatten up your wallet by getting rid of those burdens that are wearing you down. Cars are a modern marvel but for many people the automobile has taken over their [...]