Way back in March, I mentioned that I was beginning to look into making some adjustments and doing some price checking. Somewhere in between there and here, life got in the way and I wasn’t able to get it done as quickly as I would have liked. I’ve finally caught up to it though and [...]
Save! Be Frugal! A penny saved is a penny earned. There’s a plethora of maxims meant to encourage us all to save our money for a rainy day. To hoard our excess funds so that we can spend them at a later date and enjoy their usage. But, is saving [...]
My friends at Quickbooks have given me a great deal to pass along to my readers. If you’ve been contemplating an upgrade to Quickbooks, or just thinking about starting to use Quickbooks for your business bookkeeping, this might be the time to make take that step.
Here’s the deal. If you buy the Quickbooks Pro software [...]
Enjoy Your Money!: How to Make it, Save it, Invest it, and Give it
By J. Steve Miller
Occasionally, authors approach me to read and review their books. I usually do so, happily. I enjoy reading, and anytime I can get a book to read for free, it makes my wife happier. It’s hard for her to [...]
I won the lottery last week. Almost. Not quite, but almost. I suppose I would have had a better chance if I still played the lottery. I used to play the lottery off and on by myself, buying a ticket now and again, when the jackpot was several hundred million. Then, I joined a group [...]
This is a guest post by the wonderful Heather Sokol. You can visit her where she writes for Inexpensively.com and also, you can follow her on twitter @justheather. She’s also a member of the awesome Yakezie group. If you enjoy her post, please let her know in the comments here and by adding the [...]
Quick! What’s the first thing that pops into your head when I say “escrow account”? It’s that account that’s associated with your mortgage, isn’t it. That’s the first thing that come to me when I hear the word. But, that isn’t all that an escrow account is.
At it’s very basic beginnings, an escrow account is [...]
Inevitably, you’re going to screw up. You’re going to make a mistake and it’s gonna cost you. If you’re lucky, it’s only going to cost you a few dollars or a bit of bruised pride. If you’re not so lucky, it could cost you much more than that.
Let me tell you a little secret. We’ve [...]
As I mentioned before, part of what were doing with our tax refund is to remodel our kitchen. Our kitchen was in a bit of rough shape, as some of it was likely original to when the house was built in 1950. The linoleum had been added, as had the carpet and the counter-top, but [...]
In the midst of spending 5 straight days remodeling our kitchen, our good friend Murphy’s Law decided to show up. My father came over for the long weekend and helped. Without him, the remodel would have probably been a disaster. But, that’s not where Murphy comes into play. One evening, after we had supper, we [...]
