How To Deal With Finances In Marriage: 4 Important Tips
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When a couple gets married, they both have preconceptions and ways of dealing with money. One may be a spender, one a saver. How should you deal with finances in marriage?
Budgeting for Gifts: 3 Tips for Smarter Giving
My husband and I seem to be recovering financially from Christmas. We were more than reimbursed by the wonderful gifts from our family and friends in the form of clothing, movies, etc. But our bank account remains a little parched. Here are some things we've learned about gift giving! Won't you join us?
3 Big Budget Expenses to Prune
My father taught me how to prune trees. You find where you want to cut and you look for that fork in the branch. That is where you cut. No hack and slash, no indiscriminate chainsaw running here (even though that sounds like a lot of fun). Are you looking to prune your budget? Here are some ideas!
Changing Positions on Credit Cards: Bethany's Story
I was 18 years old with a credit card pre-approval from Capital One in my hand, having bought into the myth that I needed to get a credit card in order to establish and build credit. I called and accepted it. Was it the right choice?
4 Financial Dreams and How We're Accomplishing Them
Let me introduce myself: My name is JC. My wife Brianna and I are a lot like a majority of young couples. We have thousands of dollars in credit card, car loan, and student loan debt. But something's about to change . . . .
6 Reasons Why Charity Should Be On Everyone's Budget
All of us should have, by now, realized the dire situation of the world in which we live. People who cannot get enough food, or clean water to survive, and millions, without a single blanket to keep them warm, a pair of shoes to protect their feet, or a roof over their heads to ward off the weather. Here are some reasons charity should be on your budget, and some ideas on where you can donate.
Christian Giving: Who Should Get Our Money?
There are cancer-research foundations, organizations dedicated to fighting starvation, groups that help educate indigenous cultures about their mentally-handicapped children, and the list goes on! Should you be satisfied with sending your tithe to the church each month and that's it? Let's take a look at our approach (just one approach of many) to giving . . .
How to Deal With Financial WIPEOUTS!
Is it wrong to feel joy and laugh while watching people get smashed by giant arms, hit with large objects, sprayed with gooey sauces, or thrown through the air? If you answered YES … then I confess … I’m guilty!
Fundraising for Schools: 4 Ideas on How to Deal with Them
For those of you who have school age children within your family you know the pressure you can feel to buy something from a little niece or nephew who has big puppy dog eyes or a purr as sweet as a kitten. You may not even have young children in your family, but you have a close friend in the office who always shows you little Johnny’s pictures. However, unfortunately for you ... you may have unknowingly gushed one too many times and are now considered prime fundraiser grounds!
How Much Does Summer Fun Cost?
Looking back on my own childhood I can still remember some of…