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Building a Family Budget: Getting Your Financial House in Order – Part Four

April 9, 2014 By Stacey 1 Comment

Building a Family Budget: Getting Your Financial House in Order – Part Four

Just the thought of the word budget makes most people shudder and groan. Many people equate the word budget with diet – it immediately elicits pictures of deprivation. As distasteful as the word budget is  – it really is a powerful tool that helps you garner control of your money.What does a budget do for […]

Filed Under: Home, Money, Organization Tagged With: family budget worksheet

Setting Goals: Getting your Financial House in Order – Part Three

April 1, 2014 By Stacey Leave a Comment

Setting Goals: Getting your Financial House in Order – Part Three

How many of you have seen the commercial where the wife finds orange money in the pocket of a pair of jeans as she takes the laundry out of the dryer?  The woman gently berates her husband for being careless with their orange money. She reminds him that this is the money that they are […]

Filed Under: Home, Money, Organization Tagged With: financial goals worksheet, financial house in order

A Visit to the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show

March 31, 2014 By Stacey Leave a Comment

A Visit to the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show

The rain has finally hit Northern California. We have had a really dry winter, which means we are heading into a drought. So the rain we received all weekend and the predicted showers this coming week is greatly needed and welcomed. This is also the week I have off from teaching as it is Spring […]

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12 Super Foods on a Budget

March 29, 2014 By Stacey Leave a Comment

12 Super Foods on a Budget

My daughter Alyssa is graduating this May from Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitative Services with a degree in Nutritional Sciences. She has spent years studying nutrition and learning of the medical benefits of a healthy diet. My daughter loves to share her knowledge, and I have learned a lot! I have tried […]

Filed Under: Home, Mealtime, Money Tagged With: budget, super foods

More Hours in My Day – The Benefit of Routines

March 27, 2014 By Stacey 1 Comment

More Hours in My Day – The Benefit of Routines

Once I became a mom, I realized how much of my time was no longer mine.  Caring for children is an exhausting and all-time consuming job.  I loved being a mom from the moment I held my son in my arms, but once I had kids, I knew that I needed to do something to […]

Filed Under: Home, Organization Tagged With: home organization, routines

Organizing your Bills and Important Papers: Getting your Financial House in Order – Part Two

March 25, 2014 By Stacey Leave a Comment

Organizing your Bills and Important Papers: Getting your Financial House in Order – Part Two

Paperwork – Uggh! It just never goes away!  Managing all of your mail and paperwork that comes into your home is part of managing your finances. And I must admit, I struggle with this! When I get home from work, I just don’t like going through the giant piles of mail that stuff our mailbox […]

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7 Day Budget-Friendly Menu and Shopping List

March 20, 2014 By Stacey Leave a Comment

7 Day Budget-Friendly Menu and Shopping List

Weekly grocery shopping in our home is typically a big chunk of change.  And as much as I love to buy some more expensive food items, I am going to see if I can cut down on our grocery bill from time to time by using a more budget friendly meal plan. When I look […]

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Knowing Your Net Worth: Getting Your Financial House in Order

March 18, 2014 By Stacey 3 Comments

Knowing Your Net Worth: Getting Your Financial House in Order

  One of my ongoing projects is to help keep our financial house in order. When I was fresh out of college in 1986, I worked in the financial industry. My degree was in Business Administration and Economics and investing was my passion. I held jobs with Citibank; IDS Financial Services; and Bateman, Eichler, Hill, […]

Filed Under: Home, Money, Organization Tagged With: budget, Financial planning, Net Worth Worksheet, save money

An Easy Way to Decorate with Words on a Wall

March 13, 2014 By Stacey Leave a Comment

An Easy Way to Decorate with Words on a Wall

Sometimes our upstairs feels like a dorm.  With six kids sharing (albeit on a variety of differing schedules) three bedrooms it can be a bit chaotic.  When we first moved in together, my husband and I had a lot of discussion on how we were going to arrange the sleeping quarters of the four girls. […]

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Painting Our Master Bedroom Green

March 2, 2014 By Stacey Leave a Comment

Painting Our Master Bedroom Green

My husband really likes the color green for walls. In fact, the interior of his home before we got married was painted mostly green. So when I was looking to paint our master bedroom, of course he voted for his favorite color. I also had dark hunter green walls in my prior kitchen, apparently green […]

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