Archives for the 'family finances' Category
Year End Tax Saving Measures [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
This is a good weekend to pause before the holidays get too close and think about year end family finances. To avoid waking up in mid-January with a "Christmas budget hangover", focus on shopping for gifts with either cash or debit cards. While you’re in a [...]
Online Bargains for Holiday Shopping [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
Productive people look for opportunities to do things intelligently, to a high degree of quality and while minimizing effort and expense. Family Christmas shopping can be done productively, with a plan in mind, or it can be done haphazardly and with little forethought. Productive shopping may require [...]
Resisting Impulse Buys this Holiday Season [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thought on Family Finances.
One of my favorite posts this week was Grandpa’s Penny: If You Never Spend It, You’ll Never Be Broke by Sara Baughman. Perhaps I’m just looking for a little justification for my recent miserly ways, but Sara’s comments on the value of avoiding small expenditures really struck [...]
Every Little Bit Helps [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
The headline caught my attention - SoCal Fires Burn Valley Food Banks - but it was the picture that really drove the message home. Help is needed…today. Sure, my parish food drive and the kids’ annual canned food collection will take place Thanksgiving week, but the need [...]
Starting Down the Road to Clean Credit [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
One of my favorite resources for the topic of family finances is the Jean Chatzky show on XM Radio’s Oprah and Friends station. OK guys, don’t tune out on me here just because the first line of this post has the word "Oprah" in it. This stuff [...]
Deep Freeze Your Credit to Protect Your Identity [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
This recent article from CNN Money brings more good news for those of us fighting the war against the growing problem of identity theft. For anyone who is about to tune out and think, "That will never happen to me…", let me beg you to take steps [...]
Spend Time with Your Family, Not Money [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
I’ve been slightly stumped this week on blogging topics, so in a moment of enlightenment I turned to a very erudite gentleman and asked for his suggestion on a "family finance" topic. His prompt response:
"Spend time with your family, not money."
Brilliant! If you stop to think about [...]
Investigate Shipping Alternatives to Save Money [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
This week, I learned a thing or two about saving money on postage. In the past, I have been fairly lazy when it comes to shipping items - I am known for taking items to my local mailbox store and having them packaged and sent via UPS [...]
Start Saving Today [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
Our family is taking a very special vacation to London this winter, so I’m in saving mode these days. We would like to put away enough in savings prior to the trip to minimize bringing home the "extra grande visa bill" souvenir. I’m finding numerous times throughout [...]
Payback Time for Kids? [Productivity @ Home]
Every Thursday, I share my thoughts on Family Finances.
Yesterday morning, I was in the local Apple Store for a training session. Seated near me at the Genius Bar was a very nice woman who was waiting for her iPhone to be repaired. We began chatting and she subsequently shared with me that the phone was [...]