Tax Form Season

January 24, 2012

It’s now officially Tax Form Season. I know I have been receiving different forms – Local Tax Forms, Federal Mortgage Forms and Interest Forms, etc., just about every day! And yet I will not be getting around to do my taxes until sometime in February. So I make sure I have a place (File cabinet [...]

Sunday Thought

January 22, 2012

I don’t know everything. Now I know that doesn’t surprise anyone. But I admit there are times, and maybe you do this too, where I act as if I do. Maybe someone is talking about a subject I know nothing about, but I pretend I do – I smile, nod my head, maybe even say [...]

Verizon tried to get me!

January 18, 2012

As I mentioned in a previous post, we switched our cell phone service from Verizon to AT&T. In our area AT&T just has better reception and fewer dropped calls. In our last official bill from Verizon something didn’t look right, and once I checked it wasn’t! Verizon added a $105 early termination fee to our [...]

Store Credit Cards

January 17, 2012

Store Credit Cards: Some people love them, and some hate them. Personally I have a mixed attitude toward them. Currently we have three store cards: Dress Barn, Kohl’s, and Sears (although the Sears can be used elsewhere since it is a Citi MasterCard). My wife uses the Dress Barn for herself, the Kohl’s mostly for [...]

Sunday Thought

January 15, 2012

“That’s not fair!” –if you are a parent, then you probably have heard this more times than you care to remember. A lot of times we end up saying things like “that’s too bad!” or “who said life was fair?” But there are times in life when things are not fair and we should take [...]

Some apps to save you Money

January 12, 2012

So I have had my iphone for less than a month. And you know I had to see if there were any apps that could help me financially! So today I want to talk about two apps that fit the bill of saving money. The first one is called ShopSavvy. It is a nice little [...]