Victim of the Economy?

Yesterday, I mentioned that my wife’s hours were cut back due to a lack of students at the tutorial center she works at.  I have been wondering about the drop in students.  What could be causing this?  Why is it more than the normal summer drop offs?
There are a couple of things I could think [...]

Bad News But Spirits Are Up

For the past few weeks, my wife would come home and say that the tutorial center she works at is loosing students. This is normal for the end of the school year, but the rate is worse than last year. Last week she was told that here hours would be cut down from [...]

Friday Link Love

I read some really good article while clearing our my Google reader queue. Here are a couple of the best.

The Dough Roller offers Multiple Income Streams: 10 Ways to Earn Extra Income: Some really good ideas here to kick start a savings account or cut down existing debt.
Free Money Finance asks When is [...]

May Budget Final

We had a successful month finally.  This was mainly due to a larger income than planned.  My wife was able to work extra hours so her pay increased.  Sadly, we don’t know how many hours to plan going forward.  One of the things people are cutting from their budget as the economy sours is tutoring.  [...]

Been Away Too Long

I guess I have been on hiatus from this blog. Why? Sick children, hospital visits, IEP meetings and associated paperwork, job stress, these are all things that can muck up even the most well-intentioned plans. I believe things have settled down. and I should be stronger for it. My expenses were [...]