ShareI’m a huge fan of ING Direct.  It is simple to use and it is the best way to save automatically.  I’m a firm believer of paying your self first by automatically saving from each paycheck or per month.  Then I pay the rest of the bills with what I have. That way I can’t [...]

Share This year the Join Service Open House at Andrews Air Force Base is 05/15/10-05/16/10 and is open to the public – FREE admission.  May 14 will have a show only for DOD personal. More information about the event is HERE and printable schedule HERE.

Share Organization is a never ending battle.  No matter what life throws at you, you will be disorganized at one time or another.  There have been times I have been so organized it felt great, but life does happen and that planner gets left at home, or the monthly to-do list gets misplaced on the [...]

Share I’m a huge fan of so many bloggers including Mrs. MoneySaver and Frugalfriends.wordpress.com.  It is so inspirational to read about each of their goals for 2010! I’m so excited because if you read my earlier post from last year about our financial goals 2009 I’m excited to say that we’ve done everything on the [...]

Share Click HERE to download David Bach’s New Book – Start Over, Finish Rich 10 Steps to Get You Back on Track in 2010 for FREE!  Today only – started 1/4/09  and will stop sometime today – 1/5/09!   Hurry! From David Bach: Why am I Giving this Book Away? Now that is a great question! [...]

Share I’m curious, how do you calculate your grocery or drugstore savings? Do you calculate it based on regular retail prices? Do you calculate it based on sale prices? How do you calculate it using your reward points /bucks/ rewards? I’ve been trying to figure this out for a while.  We save a lot each year [...]

Share Happy New Year!  I’m so excited even though the weather today isn’t the prettiest it sure is nice to to be home and rest with the family.   Plus we are going to make my version of the Starbucks Ginger Bread Latte!  Cheers! I just wanted to send a quick reminder to everyone that it [...]

Share From my family to yours – Merry Christmas, and see you in the New Year! I will continue to do the best I can and post any interesting deals as I find them.  I will be taking a break like most bloggers and enjoying the holiday season, but when I find interesting tidbits to [...]

Share Since it’s the beginning of the year its that time again to start getting taxes ready and organize my financial information. I used to be a big fan of Quicken and Money but both programs have limitations and require a lot of work in my opinion.  I usually would have to spend 1 to [...]

ShareThis evening I’ve been updating my blog.  There is so much to talk about and so little time.  I now realized that it is 11:10PM so I need to finish up and go to bed.  The little one is in bed and I’m sure she will wake up early.  In the mist of updating my [...]