Why Mistakes are One of the Tools in my Financial Toolbox

  I blew it this month.  We didn’t budget for Valentine’s Day.  Yep.  I said it. We planned a night in anyway, but at the last minute signed up for a Valentine’s Day marriage conference at our church. Plus a special dinner beforehand.  Plus the babysitter – now we’re talking $85 we didn’t budget. (It was […]

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3 Tips to Straighten Out Your Spending

Ever teach yourself to juggle?  Me neither.  (If you can, I’m supremely jealous.) Ever juggle money?  Of course!  You are right now! Maintaining your money daily, even monthly, is tough.  Check out these three tips to help straighten out your spending.   1.  Write a spending plan –  ::Dodges rotten fruit thrown at head:: I know, […]

My Word for 2015: How It Frightens Me Like Bats Frighten Batman

My word for 2015 is LEAD. I stumbled into leadership like a servant entering a room full of hungry dinner guests (can you tell I watch “Downton Abbey”?). My instinct in this moment is to dissolve into the group of other servants and wait for instruction, or to seek out the leader who will begin serving […]

Why I’m Here

My name is Laura.  I’m a Christian financial coach, a wife, a mother of two. My purpose in creating this blog is to provide a place for money savers and dreamers to root for each other, find advice, and laugh off the mistakes, together. Only two things you need to know about me: The least […]