Saving Cents With Sense
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
Your parents did a great job at keeping you fed, clothed, sheltered, and teaching right from wrong. Unfortunately, navigating the financial world wasn’t on their list of life lessons to impart, leaving you to figure it out by yourself once you’re out on your own. Don’t Compare Your Living Situation to Your Parents.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 21, 2013
The USDA offers you a handy calculator you can use to get a more nuanced picture of where you stand with regard to your potential expenses depending on the the following factors: Where you live. How many parents are in the household. Number of Parents in the Household. How much you make. The number of children you have.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 27, 2013
Many parents would be correct in assuming that carpooling comes with a myriad benefits for themselves, although the main draw, of course, is that the duties for dropping off and picking up kids at school are spread out amongst several adults, so that each family is relieved of the onus to make daily trips.
Savings Corner
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
You’ll earn bonus cash back at restaurants and gas stations with no activation required and no rotating categories to keep track of. Activating and tracking categories might be too much of a hassle for some students brand new to credit cards, but if you’re up for a little work, the rewards can be handsome. Read our review.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 31, 2012
She (we will call her Susan, although that is not her name) started life as a member of an industrious lower middle class family – one sibling, two parents married to each other. After a two year marriage, she divorced and came home to live with her parents. Use Up Existing Resources. Mom continued to support her she too died.
For the Mommas
JANUARY 20, 2016
You may have gotten your first card in college, before you had any salary at all but just in time for that upcoming spring break trip: clothes, gas money, hotel…and then, one month later… BOOM! Instantly you learned why your parents warned you about credit cards. You need gas. Donít use an easy pin.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 13, 2011
The following are some tips, tricks, and tools you can employ to lower your energy use. Monthly cooking appears to be a growing trend, however, think back to when you were young and you likely remember your parents or grandmother cooking far too much food and freezing it for later use. 1 – Create a Monthly Hearty Meal.
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