Grocery Shopping: The Importance of Checking the Price Per Unit
One of my pet peeves while shopping is to see the packaging get smaller or more air put into the bag or the item in a box will be smaller…
Monthly Home Office Expenses: Is It Feasible to Use Cell Phone Only and Lose the Landline Phone?
I am pretty diligent about reviewing my monthly expenses periodically to see where and what I can trim. Recently, I got back into doing an overhaul of expenses in light…
Three reasons to play tennis instead of golf: money, money, money
'œI play more tennis than golf now.' '“ Greg Norman, who recently married Chris Evert Like typical lesbians, Jeanine and I enjoy the game of golf. But with each round,…
Queercents Weekly Roundup: Heading to Baltimore
I'm about to head off to Maryland to meet with my Dad and help him move into his new apartment. After being given early retirement from his job, he took…
Vacation or bust: averting the bust part
Last week The New York Times tried to coin yet another gloomy term for our vernacular: vacation deficit disorder. As if "staycation" didn't spark enough scorn about leisure in current…
Just Because You’re Dead Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Bill You
I know very little about estate planning and execution of financial and legal responsibilities for someone who is deceased. I know it all falls under the term estate administration, but…
Paying the Price for My One and Only
Eva blogs at The Egg Drop Post where she's narrating her path to pregnancy. 'œLike the eggs in an hourglass, these are the days of our lives.' Jeanine and I…
Gen Y Finances: Creating a Budgeting System That Works For You
This fall my brother is about to start his first year at college and asked me the other day about what to do about getting his accounts set up and…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Rethinking Meat
This is my third installment in our series about making your food dollar stretch. Today I want to ask you to rethink meat. For many Americans, meat is the primary…
Cutting cost on auto insurance
Auto insurance is one of the most widespread necessary evils; as it is required by law and pricing is not in your control. I spent one year from 2007-2008 working…