Category Archives: Be Prepared Financially

Here are some words and phrases being used frequently these days: “new normal”, “unprecedented” “like we’ve never seen before”, “in these uncertain times” and “uncharted territory”. None of us has ever lived through a global pandemic but we are learning how to adjust and shift ...

Money memes were around before the pandemic but it seems that now they’re hitting a little close to home and sometimes they strike my nerves with a sharpened accuracy. You might chuckle if you’re not in financial distress…or flat broke.  My husband and I are careful budgeters and are being fa...

September is National Preparedness Month, intended to promote family and community disaster preparedness planning. As summer winds down, we know to expect; wildfires in California; tornados and derechos in the Midwest; hurricanes on the Southern and Eastern shorelines. The news programs show survivo...