Taxes

Children Fitness Credit Helps Kids Stay Active

September usually means parents are signing their kids up to play sports, take lessons or keep active. The $500 Children’s Fitness Credit is meant to give parents a little credit for registering.

Once the kids start back at school, it seems like everything re-starts. Across the country, parents are already standing on the sidelines of soccer games, keeping their fingers warm on a cup of coffee watching hockey tryouts or driving their children to basketball games. It is back into the regular routines.

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Family

It Is Okay To Say No Sometimes

Some parents feel like they must give their children whatever they want, despite the cost.  They feel that if they say “no” to their kids, their children will feel unloved or neglected.  This is simply not the case.  Kids just want to be loved.  They don’t need all the fancy gizmos and gadgets.  They might think they do sometimes, but deep down they just want their parents to spend quality time with them and they want to feel accepted by them.

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Shopping

Shop Alone And Save On Groceries

With the increased cost of food prices these days, everything we can do to save a little is worth a try.  I have been reading various articles that provide tips on saving on groceries, and many of them suggest that when you shop you should go alone.

I would have to agree.  I usually do my grocery shopping once every two weeks and I usually go alone.  When I do, I know exactly what I have already got, and what I still need to pick up.   I feel like I can take as much time as I want without worrying about anyone else.

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Money Saving Tips

Our Experience At An RV Park

We lucked out when we found a Travel Park that actually allowed for tent camping.  We were traveling through southern California and we needed some R & R.  We found a place in Bakersfield that allowed us to not only pitch our tent but we only had to pay $15!

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Book Reviews

You Need To Read The Wealth Cure

The Wealth Cure: Putting Money In Its Place by Hill Harper

The Wealth Cure has got to be one of the best books I have read regarding wealth and personal finance.  It is inspiring, encouraging, and insightful.  The book is not just about money and how to save it, spend it, etc.  Instead, it’s about living a meaningful life and how money plays a part in that.

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