McMansions Creating Neighborhood Stir
"When you get there, you've arrived." -- New York Times headline in 1971 referring to Greenwich, CT It seems that McMansions are still a hot topic these days. Recently, Jeff…
Eat Healthy, Reduce Health Care
Though it isn't 100% foolproof that you will be healthy all your life. You certainly can assist in keeping your body from deteriorating. Have you seen those hospital bills lately?…
Car Cupholder Cleanliness
One thing that drives me nuts in my car is a drink that spills in the cup holder, making a mess. Not a big mess; just drip down the side…
Vacationing By Car
"Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell & I have only a vague curiosity about…
Uninterrupted Prosperity: Goals of Family Money
"Everyone has the impulse to be elite." -- Alfre Woodard Celebrated Living, the luxury magazine for American Airlines premium class passengers, had an article in their summer issue called, "Private…
Gaining Understanding on Prosper.com
Have you heard of I had a while ago and was curious about it. It takes the idea of loaning/borrowing money to a whole new level, and I'm still learning…
Money & Mates: Q&A with Dawn and Surfgirl
This week, Queercents interviews Dawn and her partner, "Surfgirl". You may recognize Dawn from Queercents and Frugal for Life. Here's what they both have to say about money and their…
Grass: Wasting Money To Keep Green
"Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind." -- Author Unknown This weekend as the temperatures moved above 80 degrees in…
Break Free from Excuses
It's time to break free. Time to free yourself from the excuses you think up for reasons you buy yourself into debt. Time to free yourself from justifing reasons you…
Minimalism and You
I think that when you say you want to live a minimalist life to someone, they get this institutional picture of white walls and little or no furniture. Kind of…