Aw, man, this was a hard granola bar to name because there are so many goodies inside it! You know how it is when you go to the store and stare down the boxes of granola bars. One granola bar…

Is your 2021 Debt Stressing you out and it’s only January?
How are you holding out with your 2021 debt stress levels? Here’s the thing about all the debt you had in 2020. That debt followed you into 2021! Wouldn’t it be nice to start off a new year with a…

Triple Chocolate Bran Muffins
Eating healthy foods is something I struggle with daily. I also struggle with portion control. Which doesn’t always mean I’m having difficulty not overeating healthy foods. I’m a chocolate person. I love sweet things. I love baked goods! The best…

4 Myths about Women who Love Horses
When I wrote the post 9 Myths about Horseback Riding, I knew I’d have to follow it up with a post about horsewomen and their love of horses. I also wanted to make the list a little shorter! There could…

Christmas and your Money are Gone… what now?
Let’s follow up on a post about Christmas stress caused by lack of money. January credit card statements have been rolling in with the bad news on how much Christmas shopping you did. The big problem is how will you…

The Time I Won Tickets for Whitney Houston
When I was a teenager, the popular music radio station in the Vancouver area was 14 CFUN. It played mostly soft rock music. Easy listening hit songs of today and yesterday. The morning show in the eighties and early nineties…

The Road for New Year’s Financial Resolutions Challenges on Low Income
Are you the type of person who makes New Years Resolutions? Not me. I fall into the group who doesn’t keep them! Yeah, that’s probably over 90% of us. What are typical New Year’s goals? Losing weight, exercising, and cutting…

The Frustration of Dealing with Envision Financial’s Collabria Mastercard
Most of the time when we have issues dealing with credit card companies, it’s due to billing problems. I have a more unusual problem. I’m trying to make things right. And Collabria, the company that handles Envision Financial’s Mastercard, is…

11 Financial Goals for 2021
I think 2020 has been a wash for too many of us. Low income dried up into no income when at least 15% of workers suddenly found themselves unemployed or their hours severely cut back when the coronavirus forced businesses…

Peace out 2020!
It’s December 31 and this is my last post of the year! 2020. A dumpster fire. A year most of us want to pack away for good. With 2021 comes hope. In December, 2020, people have begun receiving vaccinations for…