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5 Simple Ways to Boost Your Credit Health
Your credit score is kind of like your school grade point average. It’s a score that grades your credit worthiness and how you measure up to other credit card holders. The average credit score hovers around 670 in the United States. That’s not a failing grade … but it’s 70 points below the optimal credit […]
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Teach Them Well: An age-by-age guide for teaching kids about financial literacy
As kids begin the school year, there’s one subject that’s missing from many of their class schedules, even at the high school level – personal finance and economics. According to the Council for Economic Education’s 2016 Survey of the States, only 17 states require high school students take a class in personal finance. Just 20 […]
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Cooking With CESI: Easy Fruit Pizza
I scream, you scream, we all scream for…..PIZZA. 🙂 As summer winds down, many people are enjoying athe last long weekend of the season with Labor Day cookouts and parties. Whether you are hosting a cookout, or attending a party, everybody tends to get excited about dessert. Why not serve a simple, elegant and inexpensive […]
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Budgeting For Baby: Hidden Costs of Going Back to Work
Budgeting for baby is best done when all possible scenarios are played out. Here are 4 surprising ways you can financially prepare for baby’s arrival.
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Cooking with CESI: Homemade Bargain Pet Treats
Recently, I bought a puppy, and if there’s one thing I’ve quickly learned, it’s that puppies aren’t cheap. You can never be quite sure what your new family member will want in the way of treats, but if you discover that your furry friend has a hankering for liver, the price might knock your socks […]
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What’s Your Money Relationship Status?
Most of us juggle a lot of important relationships in our lives. One of the most important is our relationship with money. Do you know your money relationship status? How do you determine if your relationship status with money is healthy or in need of some TLC? Do you know what to do if you […]
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Cooking with CESI: Chili-Pasta Skillet
Our recipe this week is a family-style winner! We found this delicious, quick and inexpensive recipe at Better Homes and Gardens where it is listed at an impressive 25 minute prep time and the budget price of $1.61 per serving. I made it for my kids and they gave it several very enthusiastic thumbs up! […]
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How to Help a Relative Dealing with Money Woes
If you’ve dealt with debt or money issues in the past, you know it can be particularly difficult to see your loved ones dealing with similar issues…
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Five Cheap Healthy Meals for Less Than $1 Per Serving
We all have to eat, but the annual cost to buy food at the store or in a restaurant adds up. In fact, food expenditures total about $6,800, or 13 percent of our total annual spending, says the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey. The good news, however, is that if you are […]
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Cooking with CESI: Vegetable & Black Bean Tostada
Finding recipes that are both healthy and inexpensive can be a tall order. If you like to combine these two items, look no further than these tasty veggie tostadas. I made them for my family and my kids enjoyed them! You can purchase the ingredients for less than $12 to feed a family of six. […]