Financial Hack

I go on bike rides on the weekends. I always intend to take short rides but before I know it, I’m 10 miles from home. It’s always easy to let myself get lost in the joy of feeling the sunshine on my shoulders, the fresh air brush past my face, and the confusingly good feeling [...]

I’m not a big fan of discussing political ideas on a BLOG but since this is a finance blog, I need to address the elephant in the room… The news of the biggest ever federal spending budget. I hate that this has become a political/race/religious issue when it all boils down to one thing: We [...]

I was excitedly counting down the days until the last week in January when my husband and I would receive our ‘extra’ checks. Those of you on bi-weekly pay periods understand that twice a year, you receive three paychecks in one month instead of two. We had planned to use this money to pay off [...]

I am not an alcoholic. But every Friday… the occupants of my local liquor store think I am. About a year ago, I sampled a can of Bud Extra and fell in love with it. As with everything else I fall in love with – Rimel Abracadabra Lip Gloss and every decent mascara in Target [...]

I’ve been keeping a secret. I’m being sued. I didn’t do anything. I wasn’t involved in anything. I just happened to own a home. That was all it took. Obviously, I can’t say anything about the case since it’s ongoing. We’ll have the one year anniversary of the start of this mess next week… and [...]

Our internet has recently been spouting messages of ‘Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage’ and ‘You are not connected to the internet’. It’s not inconvenient at all. Unless you pay 90% percent of your bills online and your budget software is also online… Like mine. So, that fabulous debt update I had is… not ready. [...]