Unexpected Expenses Ever had an unexpected expense? Well, I’ve got one now. I put a new roof on in 2012. What I didn’t know and/or understand was that it was installed incorrectly. How do I know? It started leaking this year. Evidently, the nails were …
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Streaming Services for FREE!!! Just like many of you, I use streaming services for my television viewing. And, like many of you, I don’t have them all. While I don’t rotate them very much, I do rotate the ones I view on a monthly basis. …
Read MoreDid I Know Financial Hardship?
Did I Know Financial Hardship? People tell me that I don’t really understand financial hardship. That is not correct. They see me where I am today, and not where I was 20 years ago. When I started my financial journey, I was broke, REALLY broke. …
Read MoreMy Message and Why I Wrote the Book
My Message and Why I Wrote the Book I was recently asked what my message is and why I wrote my book. I wanted to address that now as I do think it is important. In all honesty, when my husband passed away, I was …
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Insurance Addition Recently, I posted about getting a whole house generator. It’s been installed and is ready to provide power when needed. The installers recommended I contact my homeowners insurance company and make sure it would be covered by my insurance. They suggested I might need …
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Just Start Today, I met with my financial planner for my annual “check up”. He goes over our investments, tells us what he thinks the stock market will do, and if we need to make any changes to our portfolio. I was thrilled to hear …
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Generator In my area of the country, there have recently been a lot of heavy storms with high winds. There have been a ton of power outages in my city. While I was fortunate and didn’t lose power, many residents and businesses did for several …
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Estate Planning There have been some family changes, and I needed to redo my estate planning documents. What are those? Those are things like Wills, Power of Attorneys, Healthcare Proxy’s, and other documents that pertain to things I wanted allocated at the end of my …
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Remodeling My home is 75 years old and as you can expect, things wear out over time. In my home, I had a very tired bathroom and a dingy kitchen. Both needed a refresh more than I realized. So I saved for about five years …
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Home Repair Last Spring, we pulled the glass out of our storm door and replaced it with a screen. It’s the first time we’ve done that in the almost 18 years I’ve lived in my current home. As we took the glass to the garage, …
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