How I Paid Off $22,000 in Student Loan Debt in 18 Months

I paid off $22,000 in student loans accrued for my college age kids in 18 months. How did I accomplish this? What secrets did I use? My strategies for loan repayment are no different than those I used for paying off other debt. My secrets are organization, promptness and aggressive cost-cutting. I also use the old Nike shoe maxim--"Just Do It." Here's how it worked.  Read more

Free Printable Checking Account Forms

If you're teaching your kids about money are working on budgeting yourself, here are activities to help. Money is one of the best subjects to explore when teaching math skills. Units on money math are essential for improving scores on high stakes testing as well. Here are some of the many benefits of instruction in money math:
Coin counting teaches adding and multiplying skills.

Making change teaches subtraction skills.

Calculating sales discounts teaches fractions, decimals and percents.

Profit and loss explains integers

Income and expenses teaches algebra formulas

For printable lesson plans on money click here Free Printable Lesson Plans: Math, Money, Banking, Shopping 

How I'm Keeping My Organization New Years Resolutions - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com

If you're like me, making New Year's resolutions is the easy part. I think up a few goals on New Year's Eve, throw salt over my shoulder and toast my success. I'm great for the first few weeks of January, but by MLK Jr. Day, I've pretty much forgotten them. Here are ways I'm not only making but keeping my 2012 New Year's resolutions. Since most of my resolutions involve money, I'll focus on those. I'm also working on increased personal organization, so scheduling and multitasker tips figure heavily in this list, too. Read more at First Person: How I'm Keeping My Financial New Year's Resolutions

How to Balance Family, Work, Play, Relationships and Life!

How do you balance work and family? How do you keep up with kids, relationships, love life, career, household finances and still remain relatively sane? I've held down a job, homeschooled four kids and survived to tell the tale. Here are some tips that work for me. Read more...

Free Printable Calendars, Personalized Color Your Own

Do you keep a personal or family calendar? If you're like me, you have several calendars. Here is a tool to personalize, customize and design your calendars. Make coloring page calendars with animal, Bible, holiday, fantasy and cartoon character calendars. Read more...

Free Printable Checkbook Register and Financial Planner

Free Printable Checkbook Register and Financial Organizers
Raise your hand if you write checks or make debit purchases. Raise your hand if you balance said checkbook and debit purchases.  Here are free printable checkbook and debit card registers to help balance your checks and stay in the financial black. This article links to printable calendars, but there are printable financial organizers and checkbook registers too! Click for free printable checkbook registers

Free Personal Planner, Calendar, Memo, To Do List and Organizer Software Download

Free Mozilla Firefox ReminderFox Add On: Calendar, Personal Organizer, Planner I'm discovering daily how much I love Mozilla Firefox as an internet browser. Mozilla Firefox is a free browser that offers lots of great free add-ons. ReminderFox is a useful personal organizer, to-do list, planner and calendar add-on. Read More