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Put Your Money To Work!

Seems like every time I turn around one survey after another is asking me about my income. Even my church seems to care how much money I make! I find it amusing that not once in the past 43 years have I ever been asked how much money I save. And at the end of the day isnt that a more relevant number? Its time to stop thinking only about the amount of …

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How to Teach Kids About Checking Accounts

Money education is an important and sometimes overlooked lesson that parents forget to share with their kids. It is important for kids to learn how to budget the money they have available to them and how to balance a checkbook. When kids see mom and dad pull out credit or debit cards, they may not realize that there is more to managing money and a checking account than just swiping a card. Any money management lesson also gives you a chance to spend time with your kids, and to gauge their basic math skills.

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1500 Calorie Diet Plan for Women

Losing weight is all about using more calories than you put in. Normally, a woman that is 150 pounds and of average height needs around 2,210 calories to maintain her weight. It is recommended that a woman of this size consume 1,710 calories to lose one pound a week at moderate activity. To lose more weight, the calories can be cut back even farther to 1,500 calories. Here is how this type of diet can work.