John McCain has called her a leading expert in oil.  His top oil and energy expert in his campaign by virture of her being Governor of Alaska.  Well if that’s the case he needs to go find some new ones.  Because if you thought her interviews were a disaster, which they were, well it doesn’t [...]

[Read more →]

I’ve discussed before joint or separate accounts and come to the conclusion it doesn’t really matter. It matters only to the people involved.There are successful relationships with completely separate money and successful relationships with completely joint money.
But what are the pros and cons of each situation?
The pros for sharing money are of course easily keeping [...]

[Read more →]

This is a guest post of Finance Junkie at Plugged in Finance. Finance Junkie is a Navy Lieutenant Commander (same rank as a Major in the other military branches) who loves to write about personal finances and investing. His goal is to retire in 2025 with at least $125k per year in passive income. Since [...]

[Read more →]

Well I had to call my primary care physician for a referral. I got one and they were not able to see me today.  So instead I decided to call another orthopedic doctor.  And I got an appointment.
I have to retake x-rays because the Emergency Room did not give me copies of the X-rays.  Gee [...]

[Read more →]

Aryn from SoundMoneyMatters tagged with with a meme regarding the what is the Best Financial Advice I’ve ever gotten and from whom?  That’s simple.
My mom is the person who gave me the best financial advice I ever got.  It wasn’t anything spectacular.  Nope, it was simple.  Don’t spend more than you make!  Period.  There is [...]

[Read more →]

Is premade foods cheap or expensive?  I think that it depends on your perspective.  For me it’s cheap.  For many others, it’s expensive.  So why would I think it cheap?
Well the reason is that it’s cheaper for me to buy premade foods and use them for cooking our meals at home than going out to [...]

[Read more →]

Okay yesterday I might have broken my foot again.  I won’t explain how it happened but it was stupid.  Anyway though, I went to the ER because it happened as I was arriving home yesterday in the pouring rain.  So at 7 pm, there was no way I could see any doctor because they are [...]

[Read more →]

My DH has been begging for a long, long time for an iphone. Right now the iphone is around $200. Not outrageously expensive, but not cheap. Of course that’s not the expensive part of the phone.
The expensive part of getting an iphone is paying for the monthly data plan. The data plan for us would [...]

[Read more →]

Again this week I got back into the swing of things participating in Carnivals.  I am giving away another book. This one the Middle Class Millionaire, leave a comment as usual for a chance to win.

171th Carnival of Personal Finance - Editor’ Picks!  Yes check out “Is Spending Wrong?“
144th Festival of Frugality
31st Carnival of Money [...]

[Read more →]

I have a guest post up at Plonkee’s Money. It is a very funny story about why joint finances are necessary for the Immigration of Naturalization Services.  If you want to read about my tears of frustration proceed here.
I hope you enjoy checking out her site and recall her guest post last week.

[Read more →]