PocketSmith User Review
November 27, 2009
PocketSmith is an online personal finance software tool that uses a calendar based approach to planning your finances. One of the PocketSmith co-founders, Francois Bondiguel, asked me if I’d like to try out the software and write up a PocketSmith review.
Since I have too much on my plate already I declined. However, since I think [...]
Thanksgiving – 24 Daily Thankful Moments
November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving seemed the perfect time for me to look at things that I complain about in my daily life and to instead look for reasons to be thankful for them.
What I did was break down a day into 1 hour chunks, look at something I typically complain about in each of those time slots, [...]
My Two Dollars
November 22, 2009
This week I recommend you check out My Two Dollars, written by David. Like many personal finance bloggers he doesn’t consider himself a financial expert, but rather blogs about his own experiences with money; such as being in-over-his head in debt, getting married and then changing career paths.
I’m actually a little jealous of David [...]
Holiday Shopping Tips to Avoid Debt
November 19, 2009
The holiday shopping season is almost here! With Black Friday just around the corner, you can use these tips to help you stay out of debt while buying gifts for all your friends and family this year.
Set a budget: Obviously if you have credit card debt now, you don’t want to elevate those numbers. Remember, your credit [...]
PTMoney – Personal Finance by Phil Taylor
November 8, 2009
This week I recommend you check out PT Money, written by Phil Taylor (PT). His blog focuses on his own experiences managing money and he has help from his super frugal wife, too!
I first ran across Phil when he was part of the FNBO Direct Pay Yourself First money challenge, here’s his video entry [...]
Open Enrollment Deadlines
November 6, 2009
Open enrollment deadlines are one date you don’t want to miss. Choosing the best insurance options and benefits at your job is an important part of your personal finances.
Open Enrollment Window
October and November are the time when many companies have open enrollment, a time period during which you can make changes to your benefits for [...]
Investing and College Savings – October Review
November 3, 2009
Investing was the main topic covered here on Money Smart Life in October with an emphasis on bonds. We haven’t talked all that much about how bonds fit into an investment portfolio so I decided to take spend a few days covering bonds.
Investing Topics
Victor started out the the basics of investing in bonds and followed it [...]
Bible Money Matters
October 26, 2009
Last week, we highlighted Jeff Rose over at Good Financial Cents. This week, we’re highlighting Bible Money Matters written by Pete. He doesn’t believe that faith and finances should be separate, and so his blog chronicles his thoughts about how his Christian faith affects his finances.
I like Pete’s site not only because the posts are [...]
Our Furnance Repair Bill
October 22, 2009
Heating & cooling your home isn’t cheap, especially when you add in furnance repair bills like the one we had last weekend. We came home last Sunday afternoon and found that although our thermostat was turned to 65 and we could hear the furnace blower kick on, there was no hot air coming out of [...]
What Was the Best $100 You’ve Ever Spent?
October 20, 2009
How often do you spend a big chunk of money and look back on your purchase weeks, months, or years down the road and congratulate yourself on money well spent?
It seems for me that I usually do the opposite. Things seem to break before they should or don’t do as good a job as I [...]
