At one time, that label was considered an insult. For a gentleman to take out a young lady and stress over the expense and count pennies to barely go anywhere or do anything was often a mark of shame meaning he thought her less worthy of any money spent. Oh how the economy can help us to re-align our...

1. Wash your hands frequently throughout the day, before/during/after food preparation, after coughing or sneezing, after cleaning the cat box, after using the bathroom, and after handling money. 2. Consume no more than 6 grams of added sugar per serving per day (to ward off expensive diabetes and cancer...

Somewhere in the universe are all of our missing mates to a sock, right? Sucked out through the dryer into the vortex of a sock planet orbiting an unknown sun in an undiscovered system....right? Isn't that where they are? No....even though when we move or (really) clean we often find some of those...

[quote user="Brandy"]If the average consumer was debt free or at least carried very little debt and made large down payments for loans, would the auto industries and housing market be in the mess they are in? Would we even be in a recession?[/quote] One of the local talk show hosts has said...

The New Year is always an exciting time. As we count down the seconds until midnight, we look forward to a fresh start, new and exciting challenges and the opportunity to improve ourselves, either by losing weight or quitting smoking. This year, many are hoping that the New Year will bring with it economic...

I read something this morning in a commentary elsewhere that has made me think today. We have touched on this topic here but I want to directly ask in a thread focused on the concept... If the average consumer was debt free or at least carried very little debt and made large down payments for loans,...

With banks failing, unemployment rising and the stock market in freefall, many people are hoping the U.S. economy has "hit bottom", and better times are on the way next year. Don't bet on it. The International Monetary Fund's chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, says worse times are...

Have you ever felt like throwing in the towel? Just calling it quits? Decided that you can't control your future and that the sanest thing to do is to pull out the credit card and just not worry about what you put on it? Recently, a friend sent me a link for an article on MSN Money. The article was...

A reporter stopped on the boat my husband works on while they were making repairs before this trip. I thought I would share the article he wrote from interviewing my husband, his cousin and his brother. Pond Raised Shrimp Threaten Family Business