January 14th, 2009

Enter Panic

“No Solic­it­ing” Cre­ative Com­mons License photo credit: gree­fus groinks

I have decided that the only way to explain what has been hap­pen­ing the last few months is to write a song. So sing with me!

If you’re broke and you know it, dodge the calls.
If you’re broke and you know it, dodge the calls.
If you’re broke and you know, got the over­draft fees to show it,
If you’re broke and you know, dodge the calls.

January 1st, 2009

Product Review: Good Deals & Smart Steals

Let’s face it, the econ­omy has us all suf­fo­cat­ing and stressed beyond relief. So, when I was asked to review the new book “Good House­keep­ing: Good Deals & Smart Steals: How to Save Money on Every­thing,” I jumped at the offer. And I am glad I did.

The tiny book  packs a huge punch with how to get the most out of your money sim­ply by know­ing where to shop. Take, for exam­ple, auc­tions. When we think of auc­tions we think of Ebay or Yahoo, but did you know that you can find auc­tions through the United States Postal Ser­vice or the United Stated Depart­ment of Treasury?

In addi­tion to auc­tions, some of the other tips include how to save money pur­chas­ing big appli­ances, orga­niz­ing a cloth­ing exchange with friends, keep­ing up with car main­tence, and even max­i­miz­ing coupons by shop­ping on “Dou­ble Coupon Days.”

If part of your New Year’s Rea­so­lu­tion is to save money, you will ben­e­fit from this amaz­ing tips offered in “Good House­keep­ing: Good Deals & Smart Steals: How to Save Money on Every­thing”. This book gets two thumbs up from my family.

June 27th, 2008

The Metamorphosis

My life has changed so much over the last few days. I am not teach­ing any longer (at least for a year) and I have gone from a WOHM to a WAHM. The funny thing is that I am not afraid. I know that no mat­ter what hap­pens, this is the right deci­sion for my fam­ily. While I love teach­ing, I love my daugh­ter more and see­ing her for only 2 hours a day is no way to live.

As you can imag­ine, leav­ing my job had a lot to do with money but it had even more to do with my per­sonal growth. I need to do some things for myself. I need to lose weight, quit smok­ing, and take care of my men­tal and finan­cial health. Work­ing full time and liv­ing check-to-check was not cut­ting it any longer. I was stressed all the time and so I ate all the time and then I smoked too much. I was becom­ing a per­son I did not like.

I guess this would be a great place to intro­duce you to my new site. The design was done by me, although it was inspired by Mrs. Flinger and The Domes­tic Diva. I am not sure if it will look right in Inter­net Explorer, so if you are using IE, I rec­om­mend switch­ing to Fire­Fox. I am try­ing to learn to code for all the browsers, but I really can’t under­stand IE.

My blog will have a new focus too. I will be talk­ing a lot about the steps that I am tak­ing to bet­ter my spir­i­tual, emo­tional, finan­cial, and phys­i­cal health. This means I will cover every­thing from find­ing inner peace to find­ing $2 off of Tofu. I will also try to write at least once a day unless some­thing else comes up.

I love the feel­ing of start­ing anew. This but­ter­fly is going to soar.