Beware of Holiday Scams
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year… for Criminals, Thieves and Scammers This holiday season scammers and identity thieves are hoping to take advantage of shoppers who may be too preoccupied with travel, gift-buying, and festivities to notice. Therefore, during...
Estate Planning: Starting the Conversation
The holidays are a wonderful time and for some families, it may be the only time everyone is together. Having multiple generations together can make the holidays an ideal time to have some estate planning discussions. Too often, family members are hesitant to talk...
De-Stress Your Holidays with These Smart Spending Tips
The holidays are once again upon us. For many people, it can be a time of stress, frustration, and financial uncertainty as they drive themselves past their limits to try to make everyone happy and everything perfect. One of the biggest seasonal stressors is spending...
Dine In: More Favorite Family Meals
Is your busy, busy life making it difficult to spend time eating a meal at home with your family? Research tells us families are healthier in so many ways when they eat at home together. Maybe these favorite family meals from some of our readers will give you some...
Dine In: Thanksgiving Favorites
What’s your favorite family meal? Is it an event like a picnic or Super Bowl Party? Is it reoccurring like Wednesday night church dinner? Maybe it’s an annual meal like Thanksgiving. Check out some of these special Thanksgiving meals, then think about a favorite meal...
Healthful – and Yummy – Holiday Treats!
It may seem like the year has barely started, but the holiday season is here! A little bit of planning now can go a long way toward avoiding that, “I blew my diet and need bigger jeans” feeling. Believe it or not, there are holiday treats that are nutritionally...
Cleaning Your Refrigerator After a Power Outage
After an extended power outage, your refrigerator and freezer may develop unpleasant odors from spoiled food. To get rid of these odors, remove all food items and clean the inside, including drawers and bins, with a mild cleaning solution of dish soap and water. You...
Dine In: Uncle Eddie
Uncle Eddie wasn’t actually my uncle. He was my grandfather. But to most everyone in the small town in Connecticut where I spent many summers growing up, he was known as Uncle Eddie. Every Saturday morning, Uncle Eddie got up at some ridiculously early hour and headed...
Peanut Butter Helps Hurricane Victims
You want to help but don’t know how? Maybe you don’t have much money and you don’t have skills, time, or transportation to get to hurricane Michael victims for clean up or rebuild. One easy, low-cost way to help is peanut butter. Yes, peanut butter helps hurricane...
After the storm, recovery begins
Hurricane Michael was a storm of historic proportions, slamming into the Florida Panhandle and wreaking havoc on millions of people across the Big Bend region. Now that the storm has passed, the recovery phase has begun. Damage assessment, debris removal, structural...