College isn’t just textbooks, lectures, and exams. Somewhere between orientation week and their final semester, your college kids will learn a different kind of curriculum—one not found in the course catalog. It’s the unspoken syllabus on how to manage their money without losing their minds, and these are some of the most important lessons they can learn. Here's a financial toolkit to help ...
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5 Little Ways to Save Big Money in the Big Easy
If you have a large family, you know how quickly going places can get expensive. What was a fun outing for our family of four has become almost completely unaffordable for our family of six. Needless to say, when we want to take the kids somewhere new, we do a good bit of research first. Our recent trip to New Orleans was no exception. We've visited often ...
MS Museum of Natural Science Membership – $65 Well Spent
This past year, we became members of the MS Museum of Natural Science, and let me tell you: I am so glad we did! I mean, obviously, with a family of six, it doesn't take much more than a couple of visits to start saving money on the price of admission, but that is only the beginning of the ways our family membership has been a blessing. First, my kids love it! They've enjoyed every ...
Works-For-Me Wednesday: Hurry-Up Homemade Crescent Rolls
As I mentioned yesterday, I am loving the recipes in Southern Living Home Cooking Basics. I was really excited when I saw this recipe because, let's face it, there comes a time when you just NEED crescent rolls, you know? And, if you're like me, you usually run into a couple of problems when you need them: first, you don't have them; and second, if you do, you don't really like ...