I recently published a review on You Need a Budget, and a reader asked me how YNAB compares to Quicken. YNAB and Quicken are both powerful and useful financial management tools, but they have different advantages and disadvantages. The key difference is that YNAB Pro is designed for making a budget and acting on it, [...]
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Earlier this week my wife and I announced that she will be a stay-at-home-mom when we have our first child in a couple months. We feel both blessed and excited to have this opportunity because we both know many people simply cannot afford to raise a family on one salary. Our grandparents did it… why [...]
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My wife recently informed her boss that she will be resigning her position to become a stay-at-home-mom. My wife put a lot of thought into the decision to be a stay-at-home-mom and in the end we decided that was the best decision for us and for our child. She was very nervous about giving her [...]
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My wife and I are expecting our first child, which means we have a thousand and one things to do before our little one arrives. One of the things we can check off the list is deciding whether or not my wife would continue working after we have our child or if she would be [...]
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My wife and I enjoy cooking (she is the better cook by far!). We try to make our meals as healthy as we can, and one way we do that is by making our own chicken stock. It is easy to do, tastes better than store bought chicken stock, and is a much healthier option [...]
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My wife and I are expecting our first child, so we have been looking into various college savings programs, including 529 College Savings Plans and Coverdell ESA programs. As part of our research a friend referred us to UPromise, a free college savings program. UPromise has been around for years, but we haven’t used it [...]
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Today is Earth Day, so in honor of that, I thought I would share a few easy ways to save money every day by consuming less energy and producing less waste. These are very easy and inexpensive changes to make, and once you incorporate them into your daily routine, you will probably ask yourself why [...]
