Money and Finances

I think it is pretty ordinary for people living in this country to be exposed to material possessions - a lot of them! Keeping up with the Joneses is a personal battle that I deal with on a daily basis. I think it is great to want things but when your entire source of happiness [...]

So there has been some activity lately with regards to my backstabbing sister. My normal sister finally talked to my mom about the backstabber’s crazy, immature, irresponsible and disloyal behavior. I feel bad for my mom because she constantly defends and supports (especially financially) the backstabber but tends to get very little in return.
The backstabber [...]

Money is an example of extremes - when you have it life is just fun and when you don’t have it life sure can suck. I have had my times of not having it and I never seem to have enough but what got my credit out of the toilet was bad credit loans. My [...]

I’ve lived in New Jersey for most of my life. I’ve lived in North Jersey, Central Jersey and South Jersey yet I rarely go to New York City. My husband’s brother lives in NYC and we never go in to see him. We really should take advantage of him living right in the city but [...]

As I sit downstairs on this gloomy Saturday morning doing bills and avoiding cleaning my house my husband yells from upstairs “what amount of our mortgage payment goes to the principle.” I tell him it’s not good and he probably doesn’t want to know. At least we have a fixed rate mortgages on all 3 [...]