I wondered if I should share this very personal story. It concerns my mother, who has dementia. I shared it with people in my Facebook dementia group and it turned out to be something that most of them needed to see and greatly appreciated. I decided to share the story, not because I want to […]
Many years ago on a different blog of mine, I wrote a tips post on 10 tips how to handle your finances. That was a very short and to the point post, but not enough to really get people thinking about it. I thought I should dig a bit deeper into it and really hammer […]
We all love technology for the benefits and joys that it brings us. What we don’t always like is the cost of things. Most of the time on this blog we try to find ways for you to save money, but sometimes it’s not about saving money, it’s about making sure you’re getting the value […]
After talking to a friend of mine who lives in Australia and just visited the United States, it occurred to me that tipping is something that many people just don’t seem to get right. People in other countries are always confused by the fact that we have tipping at all, but I’ve often found myself […]
My mother has dementia, not Alzheimer’s. At least not yet, since Alzheimer’s can’t be determined until someone passes away. I’m of the opinion that my mother has dementia because she was stressed most of her life, a lot of that before I came around. I know few of the details of what gave Mom stressed […]
