This week, we caught up with Crystal Paine, creator of the immensely popular personal finance blog Money Saving Mom and author of Say Goodbye to Survival Mode, out this week! Crystal shares key insights and experiences from her book and blogging journey.
Minecraft has taken the world by storm, and kids can remain obsessed with it for months or even years. If you have already successfully navigated the first few months of Minecraft with your kids, your children might be ready to take advantage of some of the more advanced opportunities and features of Minecraft.
An amazing thing is [Read More]
It’s 7:15 on Saturday morning. Sounds are coming out of the computer room in my house where my 7 and 9 year old children are playing. “Hey-Snebmi- /tp me! You’re an op, teleport me to the castle!”
“Look, Atti just logged on.” Then there’s the familiar sound of an incoming Skype call. “Frank, let me show you the [Read More]
As much as I try to convince myself (and others) that I have this whole time- management thing down, there are certainly occasions when plans go wrong and I’m scrambling for dinner, a gift, or a bite to eat on the run. Being a working, often- traveling mom certainly doesn’t help with my organization [Read More]
The holidays are quickly approaching. As a mom, that means that there is a LOT to do. One chore I always dread is designing and sending holiday cards– I normally find it difficult to get my cards sent on time. This year I’m challenging myself to get it done early and I want to help [Read More]
My #dotcomplication was when my phone address book misfired and set a good friend’s contact info to ‘block’. Once set, she would text me and I would text her, but the texts just didn’t go through. Birthdays were [Read More]
Even for incredibly successful women (and men!), handling money can be challenging. Short of hiring a financial advisor, it’s difficult to get a complete overview of all your different accounts and assets.
Rarely does there come along a FREE tool that so eloquently does a lot of the work for you. But Mint (both the website [Read More]
Quality over quantity is a good social media mantra these days, I’m finding. In the prehistoric era (i.e. yesterday?), the number of friends and followers you had might have mattered. No more. [Read More]
One of our guest writers, Samantha Sand, explains why she lets her seven-year-old son use email through a new app called Maily:
I let my seven-year-old have email, and it’s a lot of fun! The free Maily app for iPad lets Brian create and send messages to [Read More]
Over a year ago, I gave in and bought my first iPhone – a huge adjustment after using my old smartphone brand consistently for four years. As a PC user, I was concerned not only with the learning curve, but also had no idea which apps were important to download right away.
In order [Read More]
