(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winner! See the comments for more info.) Hands down, one of the most exciting parts of going away to college is moving into your own space. As much as you know you’re going to miss mom’s cooking – and heck, even sharing a small bathroom with…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winner! See the comments for more info.) College students depend on their parents for a lot of things. But two that are at the top of the list? Laundry and money. Trust me on this one: as a college student, I piled my old Buick full…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) Last night, I had the challenge of being three places at one time. I had to figure out how to get my son to soccer practice, myself to Back To School night for my daughter’s middle school, and be…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winner! See the comments for more info.) My daughter got a smartphone for her birthday. The new addition brings us to a total of four phones in the house – not counting the separate landlines at our office. It’s actually not uncommon these days for folks…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winner! See the comments for more info.) The first food allergy list has arrived from school this year. According to the school nurse, severe food allergies affect more than 3 million school children. To keep kids safe, each classroom has a list of foods that are…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) Education tax credits can help you pay for the costs of higher education. Credits are great because they are dollar for dollar reductions in your taxes due as opposed to deductions which merely reduce your income subject to tax….
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) So the good news at my house first: my middle daughter made travel team for field hockey. The bad news: we have to figure out how to pay for it. In addition to the fees for travel, we have…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) As a small business owner, my family pays for our own health insurance. It is, after housing, the single biggest check that we write each month (if you don’t count consolidated student loans – more on that later this…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have a winner! See the comments for more info.) It’s Back To School on the blog! When my son was in kindergarten, you could find me in his classroom every Friday morning. Like many of my friends, I was a classroom mom since funding cuts meant that there…
It’s true that the Internal Revenue Service wants you to hang on to your important records. Here are some tips to help you figure out which records to keep and how long to keep them.