Delayed, again.

Here I sit at the airport waiting to fly to New York.  Forgot to check the flight status from home so it’s my own fault that I didn’t know about the 45 minute delay.  Hopefully, it won’t turn into the 9 hour delay I remember one foggy east coast day. …

How Much Are You Worth?

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued,” What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?”…

A Shouldy Mess

About six years ago we moved and gave up our city sewer system for raw, country living complete with our own leech field and septic tank. People told us you should pump that septic tank every 3 or 4 years. But, you know how I feel about should (and I guess my husband does too) so I marked it down as one of those things for other people.…

The Truth About Taxes

With us heading to the April 15th deadline, I just had to bring up taxes one time (even though it’s the first time in 35 years that I don’t have tunnel vision about them). I was reading my Journal of Accountancy (good bedtime reading) and found some interesting results of a 2010 Taxpayer Attitude Survey done by the IRS Oversight board about reasons for taxpayer honesty.…

Labor Pains

Maine state politics isn’t often in the news (and on YouTube) until recently. For those who missed it, our Governor chose to remove a mural from our Department of Labor depicting the history of labor. I guess he felt it didn’t honor the businesses of the state.…

It’s a Crazy World Out There!

Everywhere I go people are lamenting these crazy times—earthquakes, tsunamis, revolts, wars, financial meltdowns—you name it, everything seems haywire.  And, just as we seem to settle down from one fiasco, another one flares. I don’t know what your take is on it, but this is mine. …

Harboring Resentments

As I was contemplating topics for this week’s blog, I really wanted it to be about the horrific earthquake in Japan.  After all how could I turn a blind eye to the tragedy unfolding before us?  I immediately thought about how disasters make us aware of how we are just one big family. …

Citizen Beware

Last week I heard someone use the phrase citizen beware while remarking that we had all become consumers. We’re used to hearing consumer beware of course, and it got me wondering what the connection is and what they had to do with money beliefs.…

Frugal Fatigue

There was a segment on the Today Show yesterday about the next big thing to fear.  It seems that because of the economic downturn, we are all tired of counting pennies and we should beware of frugal fatigue.  And, what’s more, 65% of us are already affected; one more reason to lock our doors and hide under our beds!…