http://www.creditmomblog.com A Mom of Three Talks about Life, Credit and Raising her Boys Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:12:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let me apologize in advance if there are any typos in this post.  You see, my hands are shaking from sticker shock at the cost of planning a Bar Mitzvah reception for our twin boys.....oh and please don't comment, "at least you get them both done at the same time"....it's no ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/kids-and-money/cost-of-a-bar-mitzvah-what-to-do.html Today I found a quiz from freescore.com that tests your knowledge about credit scores.  What is a credit score?  Why is it so important to know your score?, Why is there more than one score? And, what you do with your scores?  I decided to have some fun with it and ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/personal-finance/mom-whats-a-credit-score.html Let me start off with how thankful I am in this down economy my husband and I still have jobs.  I don't say that lightly.   Let me also say how thankful my kids are for our jobs!  Take this summer for instance.  I'm not sure how things got away from us ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/uncategorized/the-recession-do-our-kids-even-know-what-it-means.html It's 2009 and we unveiled 2 new baseball stadiums in New York, Yankee Stadium and Citi Field - home of the NY Mets.  Along with the new stadiums are new prices.  We're Yankee fans so I haven't checked out the Mets prices yet but I'm not sure how we will be able ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/personal-finance/the-new-yankee-stadium-cost-for-a-family-of-five.html What happened to the old adage that having a sibling teaches you how to share in life?  Why do brothers fight?  As I sit here listening to the screaming coming from our basement I wonder how I got myself into this predicament.  Do they have too much?  Do they have too little?  ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/life-in-general/brothers-fighting-a-lesson-in-sharing.html                                                            I haven't posted in a while -been too busy staring at my 401k statement and figuring out ways to save money on holiday presents while still keeping some joy in this difficult economic season.   Back in October I started planting the seed with the kids: it's a bad economy, don't expect a ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/personal-finance/holiday-gift-giving-7-ways-i-reduced-my-spending-by-50.html Are you making any changes to your personal spending habits due to the economic crisis?  Have your re-evalutated your family budget to determine where to cut back spending?  How much have you told your kids about your money situation?  As a full time career mom I pay for convenience.  I don't ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/personal-finance/personal-budgeting-6-money-savings-tips-for-todays-economy.html Nestled in between the economic crisis and the election is this little "holiday" named, Halloween.  I admit, I am so not focused on Halloween right now which is kind of tough since my 3 boys live for trick o treating and the hordes of candy they bring home.  I am ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/kids-and-money/kids-and-money-5-ways-to-spend-less-on-halloween-this-year.html I'm finding myself increasingly obsessed with watching CNN and reading post after post on financial and credit matters.  In fact as I write this post, I realize CNN has replaced my Ipod as back ground "music". While I'm trying not to allow the Wall Street woes affect me too much, it's nearly impossible.  We ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/personal-finance/personal-finance-found-a-great-new-site-creditfyi.html There is much debate on how much to tell your children about the current economy.  It's the main focus of the news, it's talked about in school and we live in an area where many parents work for major financial institutions. I feel it is important for children to understand the current economic ... http://www.creditmomblog.com/kids-and-money/kids-and-money-how-much-do-you-tell-them-about-the-economy.html