Money Saving Wednesday…Fuel Prices

We have all heard the reports that fuel prices are coming down. Don’t be sucked in to believing we can shortly return to our old driving habits. We can’t and we may never be able to. I remember when everyone was outraged with $2.00 a gallon prices. We got used to those, became gluttonous consumers, and look where it has led…lots of debt. We have bought huge gas guzzling cars, we never walk...

Earthquake in California this morning

I have had an interesting hour here. I got the information there had been an earthquake in southern California so of course I was on the phone immediately with my daughter. I guess I beat the rush as I was able to get through and find out they were all fine. My grandkids were busy adding toys to their 72 hour kits just in case they need to get out. In the last 10 minutes there have been 8 aftershocks. This is a...

Seven Steps Week 27

I hope you have all had a great week and you are ready to move ahead. We have another fire threatening our area again today. It has been such an awful summer. The smoke seems to be here to stay. Texas experienced a hurricane this week and tornadoes in New England. Would you ever have associated tornadoes with New England? I know many of you live in Europe, Canada and Australia and you are also experiencing awful...

Back to School Savings

It’s that time of the year again, back to school. This can be a very expensive time of the year. If you need to purchase school supplies this is the time to do so, lots of sales. Spend a little time reviewing sales fliers on line or in the newspaper. Be careful as we often purchase items our students really don’t need. A few tips.. 1. Backpacks: Be sure to purchase backpacks the are size appropriate...

Money Saving Wednesday…little things do count

This morning I waited to watch a report on Good Morning America. The teaser,the 5 best ways to save money, or something close to that. The first thing that was said when the segment aired was, “stop talking about cutting out a latte and save really big through technology”. It was all downhill from there. I decided to see for myself how much you could save by eliminating a latte each work day for 50...