Mrs. Nespy's World

INTRODUCTION: On October 1, 2011, our son turned 6 years old. Over the previous 6-8 months he had become borderline obsessed with Harry Po...

Today - Friday the 13th - I'm going to feature some of the best tips/tricks that have been written in sets of 13.  Today we will look at...

Photo credit: psd We've gotten into a terrible habit.  We spend far too much time on the computer.  True that some of it is the st...

So, as Wednesday's post indicated, 2011 was not a good year for us financially.  We made some headway. We didn't move in the wrong d...

So yesterday's post was utterly shameful. It was embarrassing. It was humbling. It was depressing. But 2011 was not a total waste. So ...

Let's take a moment and review a snippet from a post from about a year ago: I'm not going to call these my resolutions. Why? I...

Photo credit: tome213 I know...Christmas is a mere 4 days away (WHAT?!), but there is still time to make some great holiday memories with...

This year we are doing something different for Christmas. Although the season is always full and fun, I want to make sure it is fun of memor...

Yesterday I spoke about the chore system we are starting to use for our son.  I am a firm believer in children learning work and responsibil...

Now that our son is six, we've decided to start giving him an allowance. He often wants to buy things and we don't like to buy thing...

In honor of Veterans Day, I am posting this email forward I received. I confirmed it on Snopes to be true. Enjoy! Back in September of 20...

If you are anything like us, you are finding yourself this year on a more limited budget than you might have found yourself in the past.  Or...

Featured in this weeks Carnival of Personal Finance ! In September we made a leap and took out a Lending Club loan to replace our timesha...

I love when the unexpected is perfect. Those little things...they really make my day.  Here are a few off the wall ones Entering a public re...

Whether you are trying to run a business, manage a group of employees, or just be a good friend, really knowing what another person is telli...

Is your bank one of the ones about to start charging you for using your debit card? Mine's not. Find a bank today that will let ...