Hi everyone, it’s mid-August so it seemed like a great time to post a monthly update for July. Here’s the latest on life update: Business Moving and Shaking: One of my goals for this year was to grow my business income. It was one of those “to do” list deals that sat on a shelf in my mind but never seemed to move past the
Please welcome my husband, Phil, to Cents, Sense & Sensibility. I have asked him to write for CSS since he is the other half of my financial life and can bring a different perspective to the blog. You can expect him to make a regular in my Wednesday slot. This isn’t his first appearance though, check out ‘What Grand Theft Auto taught me about me
I have entered GOBankingRates #MoneyMinute contest and I would love it if you supported my cause! To vote, click the green thumbs up button. You can vote one time every 24 hours, so if you vote today at 6pm, you can’t vote again until tomorrow at 6:01pm. If you click the thumbs up button more than once in a 24 hour period, you may accidentally
Courtesy of Free Images/Marco Ojeda Alberta was hit hard by the bottom of the barrel oil prices that rolled out six months ago. Home prices dropped, unemployment spiked and the economy remains sluggish. My husband became one of those unemployment casualties after receiving his walking papers from his oil and gas company job. While this has been challenging for us, we have learned that there’s
It’s halfway through the hottest season of the year and everyone is sick of sweating. You go downstairs and it’s hot. You go upstairs and it’s even hotter. It’s day and it’s hot. It’s night and it’s hot. No matter where you are, it’s stifling and you’re uncomfortable. Here are six quick and easy ways to cool down: Take a hot shower: This may seem
Jeff Motske’s team sent me an advanced copy of this book a few months ago and I’ve just finished reading it. This is a great book for a couple at any stage of their relationship. The Beatles lied when they said ‘all we need is love’. Read Jeff’s book to find out how you can get your romance on the right track to financial –
When I start to get a little bummed out by life, I like to take a step back and appreciate the little things that make my world go round. Sometimes it’s not easy because I am positive that I deserve some quality angst time. I trick myself by finding the humour in the everyday. I needed a little pick-me-up recently so thought I’d put together
