Hello again friends and followers! In my first blog post What is your get-out-of-debt plan?, I shared some basic financial principles to deal with debt. Today, I am sharing the specific strategy I followed to attack and downright demolish my student loan debt.  I attended (and graduated from) a private, Christian university in northeast Kansas. I…

So here we are four weeks into 2017.  On each January 1st , we all can’t help but wonder what the next year will be bring, and most people’s thoughts turn to New Year’s resolutions.    As anyone who knows me is aware, I am not a fan of New Year’s resolutions.  It has been my…

2017 is HERE and so is another CASH Blog! 🙂  Perhaps you are one of the many who participate in the New Year’s resolution tradition, and you have already created  your list of self-improvement promises for the upcoming year. Or maybe you are more like me, and the failures of the past make it difficult to…

Hiya folks! Can you believe Christmas is only 5 days away?! In the words of one of my seasonal favorites “baby, it’s cold outside!”. The winter temperatures are most definitely upon us which means it is time to turn up the heat. What can you do to manage the costs of keeping warm this winter? Is your…

Hello again friends and followers! I delayed my typical Tuesday blog post in celebration of a special day – December 9th, 2015. Yes, I mean 2015. One year ago TODAY, my husband and I stepped into the world of homeownership with the purchase of our first house. This “adulting” anniversary seemed like the perfect opportunity…

How to Balance Paying Off Student Loans and Saving for Retirement If you recently graduated from college and joined the workforce, you might be wondering: should I pay off my student loans before saving for retirement? Many recent college graduates put off saving anything toward their retirement and try to pay as much as they…

In searching for a topic for this week’s blog, I did a little research on the history of Thanksgiving. I am sure I heard this story in grade school, while making some “cutesy” Pilgrim and Indian arts and crafts, but as I read through the dates and details of what happened between September 1620 and…

Hiya blog followers! Can you believe November is already here?! As the sugar rush of Halloween winds down, the upcoming holiday scramble begins. While this season can be the most wonderful time of the year, it can also become overwhelmingly stressful and maybe even depressing for some. Here are some practical tips from the Mayo…

Hello people! One of the toughest things about money management is sharing the burden with a spouse. As crazy as that may seem for you single folks, blending financial habits can be very challenging. People look at money differently resulting in different views of spending or saving it. Those differences can cause major friction. I…

The calendar says it’s been fall for two weeks, but the temperature outside has just now started catching up with the season….finally, we have some fall weather!  Yay!  To go along with that, the fall display at my house is done, minus a few pumpkins I still want to get to round everything out.  So,…