Labor Day is a bittersweet holiday, isn’t it? The end of the summer, squeezing in the last bits of fun and adventure, all the while looking forward to the return to normal structure September brings. I love the leisurely pace of summer but by the end of August I can’t wait to get back into […]
You can never be too rich or too thin. While I don’t think Wallis Simpson is quite right about that, it does speak to two of the most popular resolutions made each new year: To lose weight and save money. Neither is complicated — to lose weight you need a calorie deficit; to save money, […]
My editor at the Pocono Record asked those of us who write for Monroe Pike Life to send him our reflections on being a mom. Mine are below. What are your thoughts- on being a mom, a dad, a relative- thoughts on the responsibilities and unexpected joys of caring for children? Elizabeth Stone said having […]
It may be Thanksgiving month to many of us, but to May college grads, it’s also the month their student loan payments start. Got questions about how to pay them back? We have some answers. I’m out of school; now what do I do with all of these loans? Each year a student borrows money, […]
I recently wrote this article for Credit.com, the 10 Money Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore. Check out the link below. Some highlights- Beware of shiny objects Watch your waste and Don’t Deprive Yourself I was surprised to see ABC News online and Yahoo Finance picked up the article too. And a clarification of tip #9 […]
Our dog Dutch has my husband wrapped around his little paw. And he knows it too. When Bill returns home from his weekly Walmart run, Dutch knows there’s something in one of the bags for him. He does his little dance and sniffs all the bags until he finds the right one, and licks Bill’s […]
Thanks to Consolidated Credit for providing this infographic on college debt. Staggering college debt is no way to start off a secure financial future. Yet thousands of students every year rack up thousands of dollars in debt. The average college student attending a four-year institution ends up with $25,000 in debt upon graduation, which is […]
I come from a family of insatiable learners; my brother’s first email address was “eduatheart.” I can spend hours reading and learning now, but when I was in college? The pressure of papers and hours of reading made it difficult to appreciate what I had. I wish I had committed more to my long term […]
Have you heard of Pocono Alliance? If you don’t know who they are, you should find out. These folks know how to make things happen in our community! And they’ve got something big in the works- Monroe County’s first all-inclusive playground, Crossing Abilities. It’s located in Mountainview Park in Tannersville, and is scheduled to be […]
Ah college… that lovely time in your child’s life when she’s old enough to want to run her own life, but yet not quite old enough to be self sufficient. It’s hard to send a child off to school and be in the dark about so many things- like how she’s spending her money. If […]
