I want you to give me $60. Some of you are thinking, “Well, that’s impossible!” You barely have enough in your bank account to pay for gas the rest of this week. You’ve been eating a lot of ramen noodles and peanut butter and you can’t remember the last time you stepped foot inside a …
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Self-Made Traps
One of the hardest things about giving up cable TV was losing my HGTV and Food Network. The Sally Homemaker inside me is a self-confessed addict to both of those channels. One thing I don’t miss, however, is the irritation I’d feel while watching some episodes of “House Hunters”. You’d see couples looking at new …
Moments with Eli: Allowance
“Hey, Dad—how much money do I have?” “Mmmm….about eight dollars.” (Each boy gets their age in dollars on payday twice a month, as an allowance. And Eli is not a saver!) Eli was silent as he ate a few more bites of lunch. “Hey! So when I’m 22, and I still live at home, I’ll …