Mrs. Nespy's World

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 ...

If you've been following along with me, you know that every 4 months I run a credit report to make sure nothing looks crazy or out of wh...

So a little while back I told you that we were applying for a Lending Club loan . I never really gave you a follow up to that though, did I...

I shudder to think of the danger that we once put Patrick in. Yes...us. His parents. The people who should be the most protective of him and...

Ahoy, landlovers! Today ye might hearrr pirrrate rattlin' on all arrroun' ye and wonderrr what in th' name o' Davy Jones be ...

So – we bit the bullet last Friday and signed up for a Lending Club loan. What is Lending Club? Lending Club is a peer to peer lending ne...

Our son is a picky eater. It would be totally frustrating except I remember that I used to be just like him. Scratch that – I used to be muc...

A few days ago at work, some coworkers called to see if I wanted to go to lunch with them. Sometimes I do go just to get out of the office, ...

I received this as an email on Monday. I haven't verified the actual numbers to be correct, but they don't look completely out of li...

Here on the eve of the release of one of the most highly anticipated movies of a series (a 10-year series, might I add), I wanted to examine...