Taxes are due this week–if you need to file an extension, here’s the right way to do it and avoid a penalty!

Are you doing what you love? Take a moment to think about what adventures would bring you contentment, now and longterm–and how you’ll get there financially.

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 […]