One sign of maturity is when you hit that point you realize you need to improve your credit. That moment it hits you that you may not have made the wisest choices and you want to do better for yourself. The good news is it can be relatively simple to improve your credit. Prepare to…
Simple Finances
How to Pay Off your Home Mortgage Fast
We all know owning a home is a big step. It’s one of the biggest if not the biggest purchase you will make in your entire life. Your home mortgage will also be the biggest debt you occur in your lift. Sometimes the weight of that debt can make you want to scream. You pay your home mortgage…
Why you Should Donate your Car to Charity
We are always looking for simple ways to give back and to help us grow. One way we found to do this was to donate an old clunker car we had sitting around. We were never going to get around to the work needed to fix it up and seeing it did not fit our family…
How to get the Best Auto Insurance Quotes
I live in Detroit. Yep, the car capital of the world. It is also the place you can’t be surprised to find a stripped car in the back alley. Needless to say, our car insurance can be insanely high. Unfair when you think about how hard the city is working to bounce back but the cost…
Ultimate Easter Egg Filler List
This weeks installment of Super Mom Tricks: Be the coolest mom ever for Easter. It is that time again where we find ourselves fighting to find items to fill all of those little plastic eggs without hyping them up with a sugar overload. Goodness knows they have plenty of other holidays for candy. I set…
Low Cost Investing Anyone Can Do
When I first started investing I knew I had a low budget because we were not the type of family to have a lot of money to loose. My bank offered me a couple of weeks of no fee training so with a bit of reading I dove into penny stocks. I thought to myself…
Make your Tax Return Work for you
Are you excited about getting a return on this year’s taxes? Tired of not haveing nothing to show for the biggest check you get a year? This year take a stand, make a change, and make your tax return work for you this year. The good thing is you have options on where you want…
Staples to Save Money on Food
The first place many families look to cut spending the is the grocery budget. Food is one of the few expenses that is not set giving you the power to shuffle your budget. When you know what basics to stock up on and how to use them you have the tools to save money on food. Staples that…
What to do When you Run Out of Diapers and Can’t Afford More
My posts on what to do when you run out of formula and can not afford more and what to do when you run out of food are wildly popular. Why? Because life happens. You run out of things you need long before pay day, or pay day comes and there’s just not enough to go around….
How to Save Money on Kids Clothes
I have a handful of children. One thing I know is that kids grow like weeds and outgrow clothes so fast. My son despite outgrowing clothes faster than I ever imagined he has a habit of destroying them. I often wonder how a kid can damage his clothing so badly. I had to find tricks…