Spring is almost in the air and while a young man’s fancy may be lightly turning to love, his sweetheart is likely thinking about those wedding plans. Weddings don’t seem to come cheap these days. According to many reports, the average cost of a wedding is about $25,000 or so. Keep in mind, though, that… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Finance
12 Ways to Stretch Your Shopping Dollars
Spending less and saving more seem to be a common theme among New Year’s Resolutions this year, but with a family that seems to be growing faster (quite literally) than our income, it’s never easy. We have two teen daughters going through their adolescent growth spurts and it seems like every time I turn around,… Continue Reading
To Those Not Ashamed of Economy
In 1833 a small book appeared in print titled, “The American Frugal Housewife”. This book written by Mrs. Child and Dedicated “To Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy” has never gone out of print. Much of the advice concerns habits we don’t use any more such as the making of soap from ashes, or… Continue Reading
Preparing Your Resume
How to Improve Your Resume~ First of all, your resume should always be a work in progress. Even if you’re not in the workforce, you never know when the time may come that you’ll need to get a job. You may already be employed; however, with today’s economy nothing is ever secure–especially jobs. With hundreds… Continue Reading
Rebuke the Devourer
I was reminded recently in a Relief Society Stake Enrichment of one of my favorite scriptures from Malachi 3:10-11. 10 Bring ye all the atithes into the storehouse, that there may be bmeat in mine house, and cprove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not dopen you the ewindows of… Continue Reading
Count Your Pennies.. Each and Every One….
Times are tough for all… but can be easily navigated withe a little creativeness and inspiration…. Here are just a few ideas on how to live in a more self sustaining way…. : (these are just my ideas.. and are not to be taken as written in stone by anyone else… lol..) ** Pay an… Continue Reading
Dead Broke Dating
Ah, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Birds are singing, rainbows are spanning the sky, cupid’s arrows are darting through the air, and the world is breaking into song and dance to the thrumming beat of lover’s hearts. This year we’re doing it in a down-turned economy, but we provident LDS women will not… Continue Reading
Ready for Tax Time?
So its almost tax time again. Are you ready? Have you kept your files in order? Did you know that many times hiring a book keeper to help you throughout the year or even at the end of the year will save you potentially hundreds of dollars! Its true. Every CPA I know and work… Continue Reading
Obedience Always Brings Prosperity!
There’s no doubt that as we watch the news, look at the world around us, and examine each of our own homes and families, that we all have been impacted in some way by the uncertain times that prevail in the world in which we all find ourselves today. While we truly live in an… Continue Reading
Are you safely gathered in?
“We encourage you wherever you may live in the world to prepare for adversity by looking to the condition of your finances. We urge you to be modest in your expenditures; discipline yourselves in your purchases to avoid debt. . . . If you have paid your debts and have a financial reserve, even though… Continue Reading