Category: Budgets

  • Welcome $ummer!!!

    Before you go on summer vacation, take a weekend picnic and hike in the mountains, or a swim at the pool or beach…be sure to plan your budget and stick with your plan!   Nothing upsets your fun like running out of money or missing out on an activity because you don’t have the funds. …

  • JUNE 2018 – Congratulations!

    June is the most popular month for weddings and graduations!    So Congratulations!!! (maybe it’s just around the corner or just happened) and welcome to adulthood!!!  These milestones are forks in the road that change your life forever, where do you go next, what do you do??  Did you throw a party? Did you budget for…

  • MAY 2018 – Gratefulness

    I wanted to chat this month about being grateful; so many of us take appreciation for granted and don’t say thank you enough.  Offering gratitude and thankfulness should occur more than in the month of November, in fact it should occur daily.  Be kind to one another, speak softly and gently, think before you say…

  • APRIL 2018 – No one’s fool

    Do you ever feel like a fool?  Do you feel overwhelmed?  Ever feel like there is more month than money??  You are not alone, over 60% of consumers feel foolish when it comes to their knowledge of money.  What you need to focus on and remember is that not about knowledge, it’s about applying that…

  • APRIL FOOL’s GOLD – no fooling around

    They say money doesn’t grow on trees but are they wrong?  a tree only grows when it is cared for, watered, fed, and some even say you should play music to your plants.  well, i say money grows the same way…you have to take care of it if you want it to take care of…

  • St. Patrick’s Day – Searching for that pot o’ gold

    Our first thoughts when St. Patrick’s Day draws near is GREEN!! Green rivers, green tea, green beer, greenbacks and that pot of gold!  But there is only one sure way to find that pot at the end of the rainbow…to save up for it.  You cannot have funds tomorrow, if you spend all of them today. …

  • MARCH 2018 – Are you in the green?

    A touch of Irish luck for you today! As we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I want you to remember it is not all about luck…you can control where your money goes, how it is spent, who is spending it?  A budget is not a dirty word or curse, it is like driving between the lines…

  • Valentine’s Day…how to stay on a budget

    Do you find it difficult to stay on budget during any holiday but especially the ones that you love to spend money on others…Christmas, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, anniversaries?  Don’t fret…there is hope!  You are not the only one.  Many people struggle with this dilemma because it is so common and occurs so often. The best…

  • FEB 2018 – Love and Money

    Who holds your heart?  Where is your treasure?   What do you love??  For the love of money is the root of all evil…I Timothy 6:10…but what does this really mean? Below I have listed four different Bible versions, just different ways to say the same idea in a way easier for the current culture to…

  • A NEW YEAR…making cents4you

    This year as I reflect on accomplishments, learning opportunities (aka failures) and the changes that affected me and my business…I am content with my choices.  I am moving closer to long-term goals, letting go of the past, and moving forward into the goodness the LORD has planned for me.  For the upcoming year I choose…