Welcome back to another week of The Teacher's Salary series. Feel free to leave me a comment or send me an email if you have any suggestions for future topics. Click HERE to see links to some of my previous posts from this series. Before this series really gets underway, I thought it might be good to take a step back for a minute. While we have learned so much … [Read more...]
4 Benefits of Using Cash
Welcome back to another week of The Teacher's Salary series. Feel free to leave me a comment or send me an email if you have any suggestions for future topics. Click HERE to see links to some of my previous posts from this series. Last week, I mentioned the importance of choosing a method for tracking your spending. About 3 years ago or so, we started toying with the idea … [Read more...]
The Basics of Budgeting
Welcome to the start of The Teacher's Salary series! Feel free to leave me a comment or send me an email if you have any suggestions for future topics. Click HERE to see links to some of my posts from this series. Before we really dive into this series and today's topic, I feel like I have to put this whole budgeting topic in perspective. While I certainly have moments … [Read more...]
SUYL: Favorite Charities/Non-Profits
Happy Friday! Today at Kellys Korner (www.kellyskornerblog.com), her Show Us Your Life post is all about your favorite charities/non-profits, so I thought I'd link up! What a great way to learn about new opportunities to give! I thought I'd list some of the ones that mean the most to me in case you are not familiar with them! Web Address: … [Read more...]
Our Cash Envelope System
One of my goals for 2012 (listed under financial) was to begin using a cash envelope system for our spending outside of our monthly bills and aside from a couple of other categories such as gas for our vehicles. I've been doing it for about 2 weeks now and while I am still a certified newbie at this, I can't speak more highly of it! For those of you who don't budget, … [Read more...]