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Five Money Moves to Make When a Recurring Payment Ends
My youngest son is graduating from college this spring — I can’t tell you how excited I am. Not only as a proud mother who gets to see her son accomplish a goal that is important to him and that … Continue reading
7 Ways to Reduce the Single Biggest Expense for Retirees
Housing costs and related household expenses make up the single largest spending category for Americans over fifty, a recent study by Employee Benefit Research Institute reports. This has many pre-retirees concerned because for most retirees’, their income declines or is … Continue reading
Posted in Money Diva, Retirement Planning
Tagged downsizing, home repairs, housing, mortgage, retirement, retirement home, retiring abroad
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5 Easy-to-Miss Tax Filing Mistakes
Whoops! In preparing for this blog, I realized that I made one of the easy-to-miss tax filing mistakes I was going to alert you to! I moved last year and was supposed to inform the IRS by filing form 8822. … Continue reading
Posted in Money Diva, Money Saving Ideas
Tagged Form 8822, payroll taxes, tax preparation, tax preparation mistakes, tax software, taxes
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I Bought Six Pairs of Boots and Am Ecstatic: Money Magic or Money Madness?
Yesterday I bought six pairs of boots. In reading that comment, you might be thinking, “Hmm… isn’t she the Money Diva who writes at length about being smart with money and even wrote the blog, the Wardrobe Capsule –how to … Continue reading
Posted in Money Diva, Money Saving Ideas
Tagged boots, bucket list, money management, saving money, Skechers, spending account
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Don’t Simply File Your W2 – Analyze It!
When you look in your mailbox these days, there is some kind of a tax form waiting for you just about every day. Most people simply glance at them to verify there are no mistakes but then they go into … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Planning, Money Diva
Tagged personal finance, saving, taxes, The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley, W2
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12 Important Financial Steps to Take in 2012
By now, everyone has broken their New Year’s resolutions. Never fear, taking one financial action step each month is easy and you still have time to finish January’s step. Taken together these steps can have a tremendous impact on your … Continue reading
Spin Out in the Snow – Should Have Taken the Extra Rental Car Insurance
We all have something of a teenager mentality in us, “It won’t happen to me. I am invincible!” I suppose you have to have some attitude or you’d never leave the house. I did leave my house yesterday in a … Continue reading
Is Love Draining Your Money?
This is an extreme example. I’ll say that right up front but there are lessons here we can all take away. Yesterday, I took a call to our financial helpline from a caller who was having trouble making ends meet. … Continue reading
Posted in Money Diva, Money Saving Ideas
Tagged budgeting, financial decisions, financial planning, financial stress, gifts, giving
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Your Annual Money Review: The Best and Worst of 2011
What incredibly good money decisions did you make last year? In their book Switch, Dan and Chip Heath suggest for organizations that want to change to look for the “bright spots” in the organization and study them. In a sales … Continue reading
Financial Dreams Come True with New Year’s Resolutions That Stick
After the Fourth of July and Christmas, New Year’s Eve is my favorite holiday. The Fourth of July because I am a Navy brat and grew up in a very patriotic family (we’ve always celebrated our country’s Independence Day), Christmas, well, … Continue reading
