Affording Your Lifestyle
Posted by Lorren on July 10, 2010
Moving out of a home that you hate for a nice home is great, but it’s important to be able to afford where you’re living.
The Mattress: The Safest Place for Your Valuables?
Posted by Lorren on May 13, 2008
In the days of increasing state budget shortfalls, some states have decided to seize assets in people’s safe deposit boxes. Like this story:
Carla Ruff’s Safe Deposit Box
Somebody got a good deal, because the government figured that her box was unclaimed and the owner was unknown… even though she still had an account with the [...]
Turning Lemons Into Lemonade
Posted by Lorren on April 8, 2008
Just hours before my house caught on fire, the Lord told my pastor to change his message from Jude to one on Psalms 18:30, which basically says that the Lord’s way is perfect, and he protects those that trust in him.
While I was in church listening to this message, my house was on fire, unbeknownst [...]
Local Governments Running Out Of Money…
Posted by Lorren on February 24, 2008
Arizona has a law where they are supposed to keep their budget balanced. Right now, there is a $1.3 billion budget deficit, which has prompted governor Janet Napolitano to initiate a state hiring freeze.
This is not really a great surprise to me. My husband was hired by the state early last year, and [...]
The Best Explanation of Tithing I’ve Ever Heard
Posted by Lorren on January 24, 2008
January is always tithing month at my old church. While every service included a mini-sermon on tithing “if you don’t tithe God can’t bless you”, a special emphasis is placed on tithing in January. Every single Sunday school lesson, and a few church sermons, are devoted to the topic. Have you ever [...]
Highest Inflation in 17 Years
Posted by Lorren on January 16, 2008
Woke up this morning to see an Excite article to see that inflation is the highest that it’s been in 17 years.
Of interest to note, is that the two items that rose the highest last year were energy and food costs. Energy costs were up 17.4 percent, and food costs were up 4.1 percent. [...]
"Free" Public Schools? It May Be Cheaper To Homeschool
Posted by Lorren on September 5, 2007
I’ve been noticing a trend for the last couple of years. I never really followed it before I started homeschooling my daughter, but it is truly amazing how much it costs to send children to the supposedly “free” public schools. While I may think that it costs a lot of money to homeschool [...]
