by Melinda Tyrrell | Jun 30, 2026 | Retirement, Saving, Young Families
Summer is in full swing and the camps, vacations and trips are well underway. If you have a young adult in your household, this may be a time of ramping up resumes and earning some crucial spending money for them through a summer job. My three kids have had a wide...
by Melinda Tyrrell | May 18, 2026 | Budget, Saving, Travel, Young Families
The beach is one of my happy places. Sun, sand, a little beach volleyball and a good book – sign me up! But sometimes those amazing trips aren’t in the budget. Sometimes we haven’t saved enough money and may be tempted to just go anyway. After all, those credit...
by Tracie Handberg | Apr 16, 2026 | Budget, Saving
When I was growing up, we didn’t have chips or cookies in our home. My mom’s philosophy is that if she knows a treat is there, she’ll eat it. So removing the temptation works for her. I, on the other hand, was the kid that would walk a couple of blocks to the Li’l...
by Melinda Tyrrell | Feb 27, 2026 | Budget, Saving
I recently read a statistic that 53% of Americans could not cover an unexpected $1,000 emergency.* That is a frightening statistic as it doesn’t take much to hit that threshold for an unexpected bill. Life is expensive these days and a simple car or appliance repair...
by Melinda Tyrrell | Jan 15, 2026 | Financial Planning, Inspirational, Saving
It is a few weeks into the new year, and how are you feeling? Those holiday bills are coming due, just in time for those New Year’s resolutions to start slipping away. When bills pile up and savings dwindle, our stress level ramps up a notch. At the beginning of the...
by Melinda Tyrrell | Oct 21, 2025 | Budget, Saving
Summer has always been my happy season. I love the sweltering heat and all of the outside activity. My husband much prefers the regulated temperature of the air conditioner, on at full blast. While I hibernate in winter, he enjoys the cold arctic blasts outside. Fall...
