I gotta say I hate this article. I don’t get it.  Why is it only women who miss out by working?  What happened to what men miss who work?
It always seems that if two parents both work, only working moms miss out on their children’s development.  Thus it’s appropriate for women to stay at home.  [...]

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The Celtics won the NBA Championships.  I have to say  I cheered for them because I hate the Lakers. I couldn’t stand them when I lived in LA and still can’t.  Too much me, me, me.
 Anyway, I was very impressed with reading about the smart financial moves by the management of the Boston Celtics.  The [...]

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This article published in the Washington post, states from polls that stress from debt is causing health problems among Americans.  Apparently with the increasing debt in America, many people are also complaining about increases in health problems such as backaches, headaches, or stomaches.
Approximately 10 to 16 millions Americans are suffering due to debt problems and the number is [...]

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Guess I’m way to mean to MP Dunleavy for her financial moves.  Although I am not the only one.  She apparently has her defenders, one of whom is Karen Datko over at Smart Spending.  In this post, they defend MP’s financial choices. 
Here’s the scoop on MP, she’s a 40-something writer with $40k saved for retirement.  [...]

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I had to post this article because I was immediately taken by it.  I am dying for my DH to try it, doubt he will, but would love for him to do it.  He is a terrible night owl, last night we went to bed at 1 am and were up at 7:30am.  Not a [...]

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I thought this a most apt and funny fairytale about mortgages.  I thought it a bit saddening though about all the truth in the story.  Enjoy.

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MP Dunleavy is worrying about how to pay for heating costs this winter.  She lives in upper New York, and I have to say I understand her pain.  I too am worried about heating for this coming winter.  However I didn’t buy a larger second home this past year. 
She is estimating and increase of $1000 [...]

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This article is an interesting read about how debt has rapidly seducing our society.  That between 1989 and 2001, as a nation we tripled our credit card debt to $692 billion, and last year it hit $937 billion.  Ouch.  The article asks what happened to our frugality of a nation?  Our capitalistic natures and our [...]

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Okay I’m not savvy enough to admit to not noticing the secret food increase, but apparently others are not!  This article in USA today warns consumer to beware.  I have been noticing things are seeming to be smaller, since Nickel @ Five Cent Nickel brought it up in his post “Size Matters“.  He mentions the [...]

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Happy Father’s Day to all father’s out there.  Hope it’s a good one and you are enjoying it with your dad.  Gotta go call mine.

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