Sounds crazy doesn’t it?  Julia Yarbough has spent the last 22 years building her career in television news.  She’s even won an Emmy, twice but now she’s given it all up in search of a husband. “I have had an amazing and exciting career, awesome travels, excellent friends and amazing adventures. But even with all […]

Spring brings thoughts of new flowers, more sunshine, pedicures and new clothes (okay and healthcare, taxes). A great way to have fun expanding your wardrobe without being brutal to your bank account is to shop secondhand.  You feel refreshed and can try colors and styles you may not be certain of, for a fraction of […]

Two years after my husband died, I was driving along a country road deep in thought. Suddenly I realized I was lost. As I turned my car around in the middle of nowhere, I came face to face with a huge tree. It was half dead half alive. I sat in my car staring at this remarkable looking tree. One half was full of bright green bushy leaves; the other half had bare almost dead branches.”That is me!” I told myself. That is exactly how I feel without Steve. Half dead…half alive.

When Kelly Fallis launched her home staging company, she noticed that most homeowners had the same problem.  Whether it was a 2,000 square foot condo or a 40, 000 square foot house, people were too time starved to find the finishing touches that would make it fabulous.  Her solution, www.remotestylist.com, an online hub where design […]

“I can’t buy yet, I can’t afford the payments.”  If this is what’s preventing you from owning your first place, you may be in for a pleasant surprise.  From tax deductions through building valuable equity, owning can really give you short- and long-term security over renting if you’ve got the salary, some deposit and a […]

Today is the first official day of Spring.  Astronomically, the Spring equinox marks the moment when the center of the sun’s disk appears directly overhead at the Equator. This year, the vernal equinox officially occurs at 17:32 coordinated universal time (1:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time) March 20, 2010. Spring is the season of renewal and […]

You may be surprised to hear that at 32, I am already starting to feel old. This is mainly due to the fact that my younger sister is constantly reminding me that I am eight years ahead of her. But as she still likes to borrow my clothes, I can only assume that I must […]

When Arlene Sullivan’s newborn ended up in the hospital’s intensive care unit for over two months, she got an idea.  Tired of looking at bleak walls and listening to the beeps of machines, this art teacher decided to establish Changing Images Art Foundation.  Since 1997, she and her team of 4,000 volunteers have created paintings […]

On the top floor of the new Virginia Homes model in Dublin sits an isolated room, about a half-dozen steps up from the master bedroom. The room is large — 20 by 11 feet — and sparsely furnished with a small sofa, two chairs, a burbling fountain and a pedestal holding Asian art. Muted earth […]

When you’re trying to make all your money work for you, doing some quick calculations to see where your money is going, really helps.  In this way you can honestly face the in-flow and out-flows of your income and decide where you can save and where you can spend.  Here are a few ideas to […]