Although I still consider this site to be a beta, I’ve decided it was time for us to go public. After all we’ve got content now and we’re ready to have it read. What we really need now, however, is some volunteers and readers. As such, I’m putting out my first administrative plea. Help!
It pays to be frugal. We all know this and base our budgets on this. After all, saving a few pennies here and there add up to dollars over a long term. There is another aspect most people who preach frugality forget. You get what you pay for.
I was lamenting to some friends recently about how my husband & I get about 3-5 credit offers a week from Chase. They usually don’t come right out and brand the credit cards Chase, but by reading the credit terms, you can see who is really behind the specialty cards, like the Disney or Marriott [...]
Last Friday, I was cleaning out the databases and the evaluation copies of our forum in order to install the version we’re actually going to use. It’s already up and running so feel free to sign-up and start a topic! I got a little heavy-handed and deleted the Wordpress database as well.
Back in April, I had received requests from various readers of my personal blog for information on how I manage my finances. The long and short of it is budgeting. I’m re-publishing this information into this forum below (fixing some spelling errors).