Monthly Archives: November, 2011
Spreadsheet For Children’s Savings – Encourage Kids To Save
I recently created a spreadsheet to help my son track his savings. He has moved beyond the simple three-jar setup that we used for his older sister – and I recently helped him open his very own Kids Savings Account from ING DIRECT. He really digs updating the spreadsheet, which helps him visualize just how [...]
No Credit Needed Weekend Roundup
Here are a few of my favorite posts from some of my favorite personal finance writers from this past week – From my fellow Money Tips Network members – Five Cent Nickel suggests four ways to save water and money at home. Generation X Finance has ideas for lowering the cost of Thanksgiving Day. Get [...]
Make The Payment To Yourself
My wife and I have been saving up for a new-to-us automobile. Instead of financing the purchase of a newer car, we have been making monthly payments to ourselves. Each month I initiate a transfer from my local checking account to my online savings account. (ING Direct makes these transfers super-simple to set up.) The [...]
Beginning And Ending And Beginning Again
Over the past several weeks, I have been working on several projects around the house. I built my son a bunk bed (picture below). I constructed a storage-and-shelving unit for the shed. I installed a new mailbox, with a a new post, and I tilled and planted a new flower bed, around the post. I [...]
