Last-Minute Gifts that Won’t Break the Bank
It can happen to even the most organized shopper. You make your list and check it twice. You shop carefully and diligently. Then it happens. Just when you think your Christmas shopping is done and you can relax, you suddenly remember that one person whose name wasn’t on your list but should have been.
That person could be your babysitter,... >Read More
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budgeting,
Christmas,
Culture,
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Nancy Twigg,
stress,
Women
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Surviving the stress-filled holidays: A must-have list of tips to reduce chaos
No matter how many resolutions we make, the holidays always seem to cause us to throw budgetary caution to the wind.
If you’re hoping for the gift of more time with your family during the holidays -- take heart.
Consulting this list, and checking it twice is sure to help you be wary of your budget, keep your holiday stress... >Read More
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budgeting,
character development,
Christmas,
Culture,
family values,
finances,
Gina Roberts-Grey,
healthy marriage,
priorities,
stress,
Women
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It's Not Crazy-mas, It's Christ-mas
Many families have told me about their "Christmas Simplification Plan" - limiting their gifts to three per person. We told the Kay family babes years ago that if three gifts was good enough for baby Jesus, then three gifts is good enough for them. This tradition has kept the focus of the season where it belongs and it's kept... >Read More
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better parenting,
budgeting,
Christmas,
Culture,
Ellie Kay,
Family,
family values,
finances,
parenting essentials,
priorities,
Women
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Start Your New Year With a Budget
A budget is your single most effective tool for financial management. Without one, it's all too easy to not know where the money went and to find yourself in credit card debt, without adequate savings, unable to give to God's work, and just plain stressed out!
Why not make it your New Year's resolution to develop a budget and stick... >Read More
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Christmas,
finances,
stacy wiebe,
Women,
World
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Estate Planning
The role of an executor
A close friend has just asked me to be his executor. Before I accept this appointment, can you tell me what it involves? I assume it is a relatively simple task.
This job can be simple or complex depending on the clarity of the Will and the Estate Plan. Of course the size of the... >Read More
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budgeting,
dorothy powell,
Family,
family finance,
family issues,
finances,
loss,
Men,
Women,
World
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Living With An Open Hand
As soon as I was old enough to turn on a light switch, my parents told me electricity cost money. In fact, I soon found out everything cost money.
I remember clearly my first lessons in money management. My grandmother gave me a piggy bank for my birthday. The plump porcelain pig with a moronic smile was really a ploy... >Read More
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budgeting,
finances,
Louise Rousseau,
Men,
Women,
World
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Web Weddings: Use the internet to plan your big day
Planning a wedding takes time, energy, patience and careful thought. There are so many choices to be made. Options to be considered. Traditions to be preserved.
Just imagine the wedding you could have with a world of possibilities at your fingertips.
Wedding sites are some of the fastest growing on the Internet and there is almost nothing you...... >Read More
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budgeting,
fashion,
finances,
internet,
marriage,
ruthann raycroft,
wedding,
Women
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Affording a First Home
Can you help me? My husband and I would like to buy... >more
Investing for Children
We have 4 grand children that we have been purchasing stock for... >more
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