by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 28, 2011 | for Mind, for Money
Help With College My husband and I have a total of 14 years of college education. That's a lot of tuition and scads of (exorbitantly-priced) books and (tiny, white-walled) apartment rental and hot dogs and ramen soup. That's a long time to be poor. It's even longer...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 27, 2011 | for Fun
We are seriously into themed birthday parties around here. While I only have two kids under 12 now, even the older kids still get into the mix sometimes. We've been doing big birthday parties for over 23 years now (not coincidentally, since Jessica's first birthday)....
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 27, 2011 | for Money
In the mid-1990s, I was a day trader. By that I mean I used an online brokerage account to buy rolling stocks, covered calls, naked puts, and a few other elementary techniques with my new-fangled internet brokerage account. After a few months I had some fabulous...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 27, 2011 | for Home
In the 1970s, my best friend had a shag carpet in her bedroom. I was beyond jealous. I had dreamed of a shag rug—mixed yellow and spring green, to be exact—for my gorgeous new bedroom. But it wasn't happening. My mother was just way to practical to put one of those...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 26, 2011 | for Home, for Money
As we near the first anniversary of moving into our home, we also approach the expiration of the warranties for most typical home appliances. Before they expire, we'll be looking carefully through all our appliances to see if any of them need any kind of servicing. So...
