I thought it would be fun to do a cash challenge. I want to challenge e veryone to use cash for the rest of the month to see if it helps you...

Sandy made a good point in her comment the other day when she said:  We saved and budgeted hard years ago and cleared the mortgage. That i...

Google "home-based economy' and you get a lot of links about setting up a business at home, earning money from home and a lot of f...

I was asked by a reader the other day why I don't do more posts on budgeting and frugal living. There are three reasons:  The minds...

We've had two days to think about cutting costs and getting into the right frame of mind to start saving money. By know you should hav...

We went to see the cardiologist yesterday.  He has booked Hanno in to the local hospital next Monday for an Angiogram. We have no more new...

We were really moved by your kind and thoughtful comments yesterday. Hanno thanks you, I do too and though it might sound strange to people...

I was talking to a woman the other day who told me she always bought cakes and biscuits because she didn't have an electric mixer and c...

Both images are by the wonderful Swedish artist Carl Larsson from  here . Today I have an email from a reader who is due to have her ...

I've had a couple of requests to write about ongoing changes as you age and get ready for retirement. Hopefully, by the time you...

It's a fine line we walk sometimes - that line between having enough and having too much. One of the things that confuses many of us wh...