Welcome to summertime during a pandemic! Chances are you are feeling stretched financially, your kids are bored with no camps to attend, you have to download an app to go to the ice cream store, and your neighborhood pool might still be on lockdown. How will we keep cool and sane in the months ahead?…
Nope, I have not become a gourmet cook while under stay-at-home orders. In fact, somehow, I’m finding even harder to find the time to cook these days. Blame Tiger King. However, I did go out and do the requisite buying of groceries I never would have thought to buy before. Since I don’t have…
Nope, I have not become a gourmet cook while under stay-at-home orders. In fact, somehow, I’m finding it even harder to find the time to cook these days. Blame Tiger King. However, I did go out and do the requisite buying of groceries I never would have thought to buy before. Since I don’t…
Yes, we are all sick of coronavirus news! Except when it’s just funny. So, to honor all the mothers out there, especially in time when we are forced into 24-hour a day contact with our little darlings, enjoy some mom-wit thanks to Twitter. Quarantine day 6: Went to this restaurant called The Kitchen. You…
Eating my third breakfast of the day at I-don’t-know-what-o’clock, I had a frightening realization: Is this pandemic quarantine what my retirement will be like? Clearly, I’m not the only one thinking about it. From memes all over Facebook to this article by Alessandra Malito in MarketWatch (Is quarantine like early retirement? These people think…
We are in the depths of despair. Okay, maybe not despair, but the depths of the winter blahs at the very least. You may be fantasizing about an escape to warmer climes soon. Fear not, the opportunity is coming. For parents, Spring Break offers an obvious time to plan a beach vacation. Even if you…
As a financial adviser, it’s a balance between convincing you to save for the future and not being such a total nag that you don’t enjoy your life. That said, the estimated $20 billion expected to be spent on Valentine’s Day gifts does give me pause. Here are the Hallmark Cards I wish were…
Ah, the New Year. Time to start fresh and do all the things you meant to do last year. If one of your promises is to laugh more (a good vow if ever there was one) look no further than your clever friends on Twitter. “My new year’s resolution is never to be on…
By now, your family has been cooped up together for a few days. People are getting whiny and so are the kids. You are broke from the gift giving and planning to put an extra $500/year into your 401(k) (see blog from 2 weeks ago), so you need some cheap entertainment and quickly. Here…
Yep, it’s the time of year where we spend time, money, and energy to express love to those around us. Is it because Jesus says we need to do this or just the need to make ourselves nuts? Yours to say. As ever, I hope this blog offers helpful ideas. Here is a handy…
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