Argue Less About Money with Your Spouse Want to learn to argue less with your spouse about money? I’m not an expert, but I found six tips from Parenting Magazine: Remember that your relationship is about more than the bottom line. It’s easy, when caught up in a money discussion, to focus on the differences between you and your spouse. Try and step back from the situation and see the entirety of your relationship. There’s likely so many good things that outweigh your disagr...

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The company I work for is no longer standing on stable ground. At this point it's hard to say which groups within the organization will be cut, but it's clear that a good number of employees will eventually be shown the door. Although no one can say for certain, it seems lay-offs will occur either late in December or early next year. If the company methodically picks and chooses who stays then I should be safe. I'm one of the hardest working developers in my organization and I have knowledge of...

Sunday Money Madness is back again this week with more great mid-afternoon reads. Don’t miss out on: Low Cost Weekend Idea: Borrow Library Videos from Blueprint for Financial Prosperity is a great idea for those who don’t have Netflix and are looking to watch movies without having to go to the theater. My Dollar Plan presents 12 Tips to Prepare Your Finances for Vacation. Cash Money Life blogs How to Become A Millionaire in four steps. Of course st...

As the media starts to refer to 2009 as the “Year of Frugality”, make sure you uncover every savings opportunity you have available. One area of savings that most folks overlook is the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

Thanks to Tina for leaving a comment on the Family Christian Stores post for inspiring this idea!1. Buy this at Family Christian Stores for $5.002. Make this mix for "Pumpkin Cranberry Bread" from scratch.Combine in a quart bag container:1 1/2 Cups All-purpose flour3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt1 cup sugar1/2 cup brown sugar1/2 cup dried cranberries (Craisins)3. Place bag in basket, add a can of pumpkin, and a nice holiday oven mitt.Add these ...

This is a guest post from my wife. Kris has her own devoted following around here, eager for her tips. You probably don’t realize it, but her recipe for baked potato soup is a perennial favorite at this site, and still garners rave reviews. Here are two of her favorite uses for pumpkin. ‘Tis the season for all things pumpkin! Pumpkin pie, of course, but also pumpkin scones, pumpkin spice lattes and now…pumpkin butter. This recipe couldn’t be easier for a beginning cann...

I'm here sitting at Starbucks, procrastinating on paying my bills.  Do you ever get to that point where you just want to go into the abyss of denial??That's me.  Right now.  Need. Motivation.  Now.  please..... ......

By Myscha TheriaultLooking to make the most of your money saving opportunities while cooking for the meat and potato lovers in your family? Find the cost of your favorite cuts is putting a rather large dent in your child's college fund? Read on. Help has arrived. While we don't mind reducing our overall intake of meat at our house, we do like the overall flavor. Even in my single days when I dabbled for months at a time, dipping my toes into the waters of vegetarianism, I still found I occasiona...

By Myscha TheriaultLooking to make the most of your money saving opportunities while cooking for the meat and potato lovers in your family? Find the cost of your favorite cuts is putting a rather large dent in your child's college fund? Read on. Help has arrived. While we don't mind reducing our overall intake of meat at our house, we do like the overall flavor. Even in my single days when I dabbled for months at a time, dipping my toes into the waters of vegetarianism, I still found I occasiona...

The Finance Blog Network Curt from Penny Jobs asks how much does the media influence elections?  Love the video.  It seems as though many voters aren’t nearly as informed as they thought they were. Andy from Saving To Invest takes a look at how much money bloggers make from blogging.  My guess is the vast majority earn less than minimum wage for their efforts. Kevin at Rich Credit Debt Loan writes that even lottery winners are feeling the pinch in today’s economy.  Passive Fami...

Chart from The Hindu BusinessLine : The above graph compares the market caps of some of the largest companies in the US and India. As of Nov 21, GM’s market cap. of $1.76 B is less than the market cap of Maruti Suzuki, a leading automaker in India. Yesterday GM’s (GM) stock rose 6.25% and the market cap. now is $1.87 B.Still this is much smaller than the automaker Maruti Suzuki in India. Today the Wall Street Journal reports that the GM board weighs bankruptcy as an option. Suzuki...

I’ve been an avid collector of gold and silver coins and have been following the prices for a years. Gold is supposed to have a negative correlation with the stock market. This year has proved otherwise. Of course, as we’ve seen repeatedly in the past, all asset classes correlate to the downside. Gold which peaked at $1030/oz earlier this year, has been trading in the $700 range for a few months. There has been a flight to safety, which for most people means buying US Treasuries. Ind...

Two frugal foodie bloggers have outdone themselves with compilations of affordable (and some higher-priced) recipes for Thanksgiving this year. Kris at Cheap Healthy Good heroically assembled the "The only Thanksgiving post you'll ever need: 100+ links for Turkey Day." Kris says: "Thanksgiving is upon us, and I don't know about you, but I've read approximately 40,000,000 blog posts and magazine articles dealing with next Thursday's dinner. And that's just today." Jenn at Frugal Upstate asked ...

Papa John’s is looking for new friends on Facebook, and it is sending out a coupon code for a free medium pizza to anyone who becomes a fan of its group page. The deal will be sent out to the pizzerias’ friends through the group’s updates on the Facebook website this week.  And, the free pizza special requires the purchase of another pizza.  The deal ends on December 1st. Most of the large pizza chains are spreading their brands though the major social networking sites such a...

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I’m writing this article in a coffee shop, one that I hadn’t set foot in for several months. I’m sipping on a big cup of chai - and it tastes great. I look around at the environment, glance at the newspaper that’s also on my table, and I realize that this is a very nice little morning treat for myself. A couple years ago, I used to stop here every single weekday. I’d usually get some sort of beverage to go, finishing it off on my way to work. Some evenings, I...

Some of our readers have asked about a site to customize your own web portal. With so many options it’s difficult to provide a single answer, but we decided to present MySurfPad dot com, which is a really interesting project launched some time ago. MySurfPad.com brings together the best of the web all to one page [...] ......

Yes, folks, yet another CNNMoney personal finance sob story, this one about a fearful GM retiree.  Is this retiree disabled?  No.  Then he must be old and feeble.  No.  Actually, he’s a healthy 54 year-old.  That’s all I need to read to drop my sympathy level to barely above the “I don’t care” level.  It’s second career time, my friend, and quit the whining.   I’m older than you and still working in my second full-time career and as a part-...

George W. Bush works to cement his legacy in place. Can he really look himself in the mirror each morning? Will the new Obama administration be able to overturn this last minute flurry of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...