Trouble Consolidating Sallie Mae Loans, Part 1
A few weeks ago, my super talented, creative and beautiful cousin, K, 23, called me in tears. She just graduated from the Harrington Institute of Design in Chicago, and like most of us, was blown away by the cost of her monthly payments on her loans. She went to see her family’s banker to find [...]
The Bills Keep Rollin’ In
Riding home from work on the train, simultaneously wolfing down a burrito fresco from Taco Bell, finishing up my work and blogging, and suddenly half the burrito is in my dry-clean-only, multitasking lap. Great. I am currently in the midst of a vacation hangover of the “Did I pay my credit card/student loan/phone bill?” variety. [...]
We got back from our vacation to Washington state’s San Juan Islands and Olympic National Park on Monday and had a fantastic time. Here’s a little slideshow I put together with our best pictures. To see the captions with descriptions, just roll your cursor over the pic as it slides by. The pics are also [...]
On vacation
We’ve geared up at REI, booked budget b&b’s all on the pacific coast, arranged for a housesitter (B’s mom) and spent the last week working insane hours and making preparations at home, and right now we’re driving out of Seattle, rocking out to Pearl Jam, making our way to the San Juan islands for a [...]
Relationships and Finance – What a Hot Combo
During this hottest week of summer, an anonymous reader asks a steamy question about relationships:“How do you and your boyfriend handle finances? I am in a relationship and I am pretty frugal and I enjoy working on finances. This can be pretty tricky in a relationship and I was interested to know how you balance [...]
