There are so many things I love about being able to work from home that I really shouldn’t be complaining but I am. Last week we took our son to an enrollment interview for the virtual school he will be attending next year. I was really surprised when the school handed him a treat bag […]

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It looks like most of us will find ourselves with an extra $1200 or more dollar in May when rebate checks issued by the government are sent out. In my circle of friends everyone is talking about how they will spend this extra money. Some are going to take trips to places like one of […]

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For so many people it is only after a disaster strikes that they realize the value of planning ahead. The problem is that most of us blindly believe that disaster or crisis happens to other people. The reality is that all of us are “the other guy” and no one is immune from life’s perils. […]

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About 2 years ago if you had told me that I would ever be debt free I would have laughed in your face. Quite literally I believed that I would never find my way out of from under the financial burden that years of careless living had created. Our debts seemed manageable because we were […]

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One of the most important aspects of purchasing a home is obtaining the mortgage. When I think back to the time when we purchased our first home this was one of the most stressful points in our lives. Our mortgage broker left us feeling that we were just another file on her desk versus a […]

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A family friend of ours recently was awarded a structured settlement as a result of a serious accident. I had never heard of this term before and decided to investigate exactly what a structured settlement is. I had always assumed that when a settlement is awarded the recipient simply receives a lump sum payment but […]

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