When you're a parent, you can often feel solely responsible for making sure that you raise happy, healthy, and well-turned-out children. In a lot of ways you are. But, the pressure can often feel a bit too much. Some of the best ways that you can be sure that your kids are going to turn out okay, is to practice what you preach. If you want your children to be responsible, it … [Read more...]
Teach Children to Save
You don’t have to wait until your kids are teenagers. You can start talking to them about the basics of money as early as preschool. Here are some tips about how to talk to your kids about money at any age: From ages three to five you can teach kids that money can be exchanged for things. Explain to them the difference between pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. From … [Read more...]
Don’t Be Left In The Dark: Why You Should Invest In Solar Energy
The price of energy is rising every year. Alongside rent payments, gas and electric bills tend to be the biggest drain on people's finances. But what can you do about it? Nobody wants to return to the olden days of candles once daylight fades and piling on jumpers rather than turning the heating on. Luckily, there are alternative options. What is solar energy? Solar … [Read more...]
Make Your Voice Count and Earn with Survey Spot
As a stay at home mom, I want as much as possible to help augment the family's finances by contributing even as little income as I can thru blogging. Stashing a little money away from my husband's paycheck is great, but it takes away from our monthly essentials like groceries, gas, and utilities.As a matter of fact, I am actually looking for better ways to earn another side … [Read more...]
Want Savings and Coupons? Use Zoupons!
* This is a sponsored post in behalf on Zoupons. All opinions are my own. As a mom, I am always in search of new ways to save and get the best value for money. I always check out deals and discounts especially when I am going to buy a specific product in mind. My phone plays a vital role in keeping up with the discount apps I am using but with all the so many … [Read more...]
Enter : $1000 Cash Kickin' the Winter Blues Giveaway
Welcome to the Kickin The Winter Blues Giveaway Hosted by Jenn's Blah Blah Blog and Pink Ninja Media One of my main goals this year is to save money or at least keep some in my savings account. I have made an auto deduct request of $25 from my checking account to go to my savings every 15th of the month and that is to just have something as little which I am saving each … [Read more...]