Valentine’s day will be here before you know it, and if you have kids, that usually means a couple dozen Valentine’s Day cards or treats to hand out to their classmates. But those store bought boxes of perforated tear-and-sign cards can be pretty impersonal, and honestly kind of boring. To make Valentine’s day more fun for you and your kids, I’ve rounded up some great DIY Valentine’s day cards that even little ones can make!
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Whenever someone gets engaged, one of the first things everyone thinks of is money. We all hear about extravagant destination weddings or over-the-top traditional weddings, but who really plans expensive weddings like that?
And for that matter, who’s paying for it all? The infographic below from eBay Classifieds gives the skinny on who’s getting married where, who’s paying for it, and comparisons on how to save money on all aspects of your ceremony.
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As any college student or recent grad will tell you, loans can cause a lot of stress after you graduate. Many students have to take them out on their own to even consider attending college, and they can take a really long time to pay back. So what happens when you want to go back and get your Master’s Degree? Your PhD? Surely you don’t want to have to saddle yourself with even more debt! Well, believe it or not, there are a lot of resources out there for graduate school scholarships. If you know where to look, and are...
Each January, millions of people across the country make a New Year’s resolution to get in shape. They spend millions on home exercise equipment and gym memberships that most stop using after a few months. This year, instead of spending a bunch of money on things you think you think will help you get in shape, why not just focus on the actual getting in shape part? Forget spending money. There are lots of great workout videos on Netflix that can get you in gear.
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As you might imagine, a show about a super wealthy family and their servants has quite a few choice quotes about money. My favorite Downton Abbey quotes about money come from Lady Grantham, the Dowager Countess. She’s old, she’s rich, and she is full of opinions. Here are some of my favorite Lady Grantham moments:
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When we launched in 2009, PerkStreet’s goal was to help Americans break the cycle of debt and start earning the kind of rewards they were used to only getting on credit by spending on debit — by spending responsibly with no risk of debt. Today, our goal remains unchanged. But a lot has happened in that time. Household debt payments recently reached a 30-year low. All together, we’re spending less money paying off debt than we have since Ronald Reagan was President.
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In high school, I made my bread each weekend as a professional ski instructor. For three seasons, I skied over 70 days per year, teaching group and individual ski and snowboard lessons to people ranging in age from 2 to 62. I was a member of the professional ski teacher’s union, the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA), and I made $20 per hour as a 14 year-old doing it. Not bad for a weekend gig that included a free season pass and all the early-morning powder runs I could handle. So what advice to I have for those who want...
We all know money can’t buy happiness 100% of the time. If it could, all the therapists in the country would be out of work, because everyone who really needed them would be unable to pay. By the same token, all it takes is a few minutes of waiting in line at the grocery store thumbing through the tabloids to see that money certainly doesn’t always buy happiness. The answer to the age old question, Can money buy happiness? isn’t easy to find.
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My one year old loves green beans so we always have plenty of them on hand, sometimes too many which is why I’m often on the lookout for great green bean recipes. On a tight budget and schedule I’m usually most likely to just steam the green beans for the whole family, but these side dish recipes can spice up my family’s every day, not to mention our holiday table.
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