A friend recently posted this question about allowance on her Facebook feed: “I’m not of the thinking that you hand your kids $50+ when they want to do something with their friends. So today is a big day of yardwork. Once completed I will reward him with some hard earned cash. Seems fair to me… do … [Read more...]
REVIEW: Kevin O’Leary’s Cold Hard Truth On Family, Kids & Money
Here's the truth. I wish someone had given me this advice years ago. I really found Kevin O'Leary's most recent book, The Cold Hard Truth on Family, Kids and Money, an eye opener. I'm planning on passing this onto my teenage son next. He's only 14 but the future is already on his mind. Questions … [Read more...]
The Hardest Lesson!
Do you remember when you first realized how expensive things are? I've been racking my brain to remember but I honestly can't. Well. Will won't have that problem. He'll have this blog to remember the day he did. I decided last week to establish a chore chart for Will. I listed a few things he … [Read more...]
HGTV Critical Listing’s Host Lisa Colalillo
Lisa Colalillo is a real estate junkie. She's got that extra sense for sniffing out the best deals for potential home owners and gives solid advice on home ownership. She is also the energetic and fun-loving co-host of HGTV's Critical Listing - a show that helps homeowners choose projects that will … [Read more...]
Thrift
Thrift (noun) The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. It's something we could all likely do with a little bit more of, isn't it? With the ratio of household debt to disposable income approaching 150% in Canada, most of us have clearly lost sight of what our … [Read more...]
piss me off- Good morning Nancy, here is your net worth
5 years ago, after having waded through the murky waters of separation, with all the feelings, difficulties and excruciatingly time consuming paperwork and legal stuff, and alongside heartfelt rear view mirror analysis, I met with my bank manager to renegotiate my mortgage. It appeared I might be … [Read more...]
Summer Money
Aside from the kids heading back to school, September is kind of a crap month. That first month back to school is dedicated to filling out forms and writing cheques. I feel like it's September again. $175 each for outdoor soccer $100 for recital tickets for Eva's dance $250 for two weeks of … [Read more...]
Toronto Tastes Great!
Water, water everywhere nor any a drop to drink. "Water, water everywhere nor any a drop to drink." The above is a quote by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge about a sailor being stuck in the middle of the ocean on a raft. Sadly, for many Torontonians, this quote is all too true, except that … [Read more...]
The Cost of a Sustainable Lifestyle
(c) Can Stock Photo It's an ongoing debate in this house between my husband and I - are we really saving money with all this "green" stuff that we do? He likes to point out all the money that I spend, but I try to point out all the places where I'm actually saving us some cash with some of this … [Read more...]
Money Well Spent
The last few weeks of summer were filled with summer fun. My sister was visiting so I had been attempting to cram in every possible experience to make sure that once back-to-school hit we could look back and reassure ourselves that we did everything we could to maximize this time. And in the … [Read more...]