Archive for November, 2011

Getting better deals by giving business

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Our new (to us) car is now in our driveway.  Pretty much everything is settled with this vehicle, and we sold the old one that had the broken transmission.  We continued "money lessons for kids" with our daughter by showing her a few -- OK, two dozen -- $100 bills ...

A surefire way to get your kids asking you questions about money

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

(And no, the answer is not to give $50/week allowance to a six year old!) Last week our minivan's transmission bit the dust.  (Thankfully it bit the dust in our driveway.)  Over the next couple of days my wife and I discussed what to do: whether to fix our car, whether ...