Category Archives: plan of action

Emergency Fund – Your Take?

Abigail from I Pick Up Pennies and Brad from Enemy of Debt had a huge discussion in the comments section of a post by Brad called When You're Tired of Being Broke, You'll Start Saving. Abigail followed up with a post at her site called Controversy or just quibbling? and then Emergency Funds Yea or Nay? The discussion was great and brought up a lot of good points, and of course my own two cents turned into a quarter so… Read the rest

Reallocating Bank Accounts

I have two checking accounts and one savings account at Wells Fargo.  The first checking account was opened many years ago, maybe even as long as twenty years ago, and I use it mostly for our personal finances. When Mr. A started his business, we decided to open an account to use for his business.  He was only working for a couple of family members to start out and we weren't advertising or actively promoting his business to the public,… Read the rest

The Winning Receipt!

This latest receipt wins the prize for being the longest receipt ever. It's almost six feet long. Mr. A has been stocking up again… he wants to be prepared in case anything goes wrong… this latest receipt is 196 cans of tuna in water on sale for forty-four cents a can.  He went through the 15 Items Only register, because he had four closed cases.  The cashier said that didn't matter, he had to scan one can 196 times. Someone… Read the rest

Children and Allowance

I was watching a few minutes of Wife Swap the other day (I only catch a few minutes here and there since I rarely watch any television at all) and one family was a homeschooling family and the children were given allowance each week but they had to divide it up into various categories, one of them being taxes. The parents said that dad has to pay taxes on the money he makes, so they followed the same example.  Like… Read the rest