Park Volunteering
Giving to people or causes we love is intrinsically satisfying to many people. The sense of fulness, empowerment and ability to shape the world around us gives happiness. Helping out makes us feel that...
Author: Marie
What is Retirement – Really?
It’s so much more than financial planning! Do you dream of retiring? Are you saving and slaving to get there? Of late, statistics and surveys indicate that a lot of the boomer generation expects...
Put a Stay at Old Faithful Inn on Your Bucket List!
A Journey to Old Faithful Inn National parks allow visitors to view the grandeur of nature and witness first hand wildlife creatures that they otherwise might never observe. Most national parks are off the...
Starting a Family Business
If you and your spouse are thinking about starting up a website together; or if you and your grown children are wanting to work together to buy and manage real estate; or, in fact,...
Cost of Attending an All Star Game
From concessions to hotels to restaurants and special events and yes even government, the Major League Baseball All Star game in Kansas City on July 9, 2012 is generating lots of hope for extra...
How to Teach About Money
Each year I supplement my grandchildren’s financial education with a one week day camp I call Grandma Rie’s Money Camp. This year I am spending several days in July preparing for that one week...
Logo Design
You may have noticed that the blog look and feel changed a bit today We have a new logo and some small changes to the color scheme and content! Last month Jai Catalano and I...
Is computer tech support worth the cost?
Running a blog or a website is a multidimensional activity. You are responsible for just about everything; including, but not limited to designing the site, determining what software to use, finding a web host,...
Financial Fables – A Slave for Great Black Bear
Once upon a time, in the great wilderness, there lived a family of foxes. Mama Fox, Papa Fox, Brother Fox and Sister Fox. Mama and Papa Fox built a snug, safe den to keep...
Death and Dying
Overcoming the Inheritance Taboo – How to Preserve Relationships and Transfer Possessions by Steven J. Hendlin, Ph. D. Death is not a popular family dinner conversation. Most people avoid discussing the death of a...
