Yesterday, I sat down and tried to figure out how much money to put into my FSA for the year. For those of you who are already confused, in brief, an FSA, or flexible spending account, is a way for employees to set aside a portion of their earnings...

My uncle, a musician, wants to buy me a guitar for Christmas. I'm really excited about this – I really really would love to have a guitar. And when he asked me what I liked, I gave him some general ideas, but stressed that while I wanted...

Recently,one of my friends made this comment online thinking about what black Friday deals to camp out for... LOL! The idea makes me cringe. Camping out for a deal? I realize that there are some great door busters out there on Black Friday, but......

I don't think it's a secret that I love Christmas. I think it's in my genes. A few years ago, my brother commented that during the holidays, my parents' house looks like Christmas threw up on it. My mom makes the house look like something out of a...

So after a few days away from the computer, I just logged in to find that WordPress has eaten all the posts I had queued up. Sorry for the silence, everyone. I'm going to dig through the logs to find out what happened (the odds are good that it's my...