Today I'm excited to have a guest post from my friend Sarah Brooks, who's a rock star blogger and a work-from-home mom.  I’m a work-from-home mom of two little girls, ages two and one. If you’d have asked me two years ago what I’d be doing now, I never in my wildest dreams would have guessed I’d have the luxury of being able to bring in an income while staying at home with … [Read more...]

A year ago today, I received my first offer for a freelance writing gig. When I checked my email that morning, I was ecstatic! But I was also nervous. It's funny to me now to think about all the fears I had back then. I was afraid I wouldn't measure up, or that writing for the company meant I endorsed the company. I was feeling some newbie jitters and will be forever grateful … [Read more...]

My first year blogging has been CRAZY, people. Seriously. I don't even want to get into everything that happened. That would take a plethora of blog posts (would you say I have a plethora of blog posts?). But today being my first blogiversary, something I do want to share with you beautiful people is how one little thought last July when I was unemployed and desperate has … [Read more...]

Credit card churning has been somewhat of a phenomenon as of late among personal finance bloggers. There's even a blogger out there whose entire blog revolves around educating others about the practice.Sure there are those who pooh pooh the idea of credit cards having any redeeming qualities. But I believe that responsible credit card use can be a great way to take advantage of … [Read more...]