Baking Versus Buying a Birthday Cake
We all have that friend. Every time there is a special event, she shows up with some incredibly delectable and fancy cake or cupcake tray that makes your hum drum out of the box birthday cake look like it...
Giving Money to Charities In Lieu of Gifts
Its your birthday. And your Dear Aunt Sally sent you a card with warm wishes. But instead of her normally monetary gift, she enclosed a website address and announced (proudly of course) that she had donated a goat to...
Celebrating Your Birthday – There is Nothing Wrong with Celebrating
The older you get, the less time most people spend celebrating their birthdays. But reflect for a moment on the lengths that the ordinary set of parents will go to in order to ensure that their one year old,...
Celebrating Your 40th Birthday – Where did the Years Go?
There are some pretty BIG birthdays in life. Turning one is huge, although you won’t remember it for a minute! Becoming a teenager, reaching sweet sixteen, and being officially able to drink at the age of 21 are often...
Gifts for Your Tenth Anniversary – Gift Suggestions
So, the two of you have managed to stay married for a decade! First of all, congratulations are in order. Secondly, you must know that this anniversary is a BIGGIE…you never know if you will make it to your...
Gifts, Goody Bags and Birthday Parties
When you were a kid, you were excited to just get invited to a birthday party. Your parents probably allotted you a $5 or $10 budget to purchase your friend a gift, which meant YOU, had to scale back...
Making December Birthdays Special
Being born in December can stink for a lot of reasons – especially for children. For one thing, the closer the birthday falls near Christmas, the more the birthday is overshadowed by the holidays. Many kids who have December...
Have Today’s Birthday Parties Gone TOO Far?
Today’s version of a birthday party is not cheap. There is a multi-million dollar party business designed around parents and children who want to make the annual commemoration of birth a special EVENT, for their children.
The days of...
Celebrating a Husband’s Birthday – Making Him Feel Special
Often, there is much forethought and effort put into planning a child’s birthday. And there is perhaps just as much thought put into a wife’s birthday. But like many things in life, celebrating your husband’s birthday is often one...
Reasons to Celebrate Wedding Anniversaries
For those of you that are married, the answer to this question is a no-brainer. There are plenty of reasons to celebrate wedding anniversaries – the most important being that if you don’t, you are likely to NOT remain...
How to Tell if You’re a Workaholic
We all dream of having a job we love—one we’re eager to get to at the start of every day. But how far is too far? If your work is more important than your family, you may be venturing into dangerous territory. Workaholism is defined as a compulsive need...
Don’t Buy Christmas On Credit – Set a Christmas Budget
Did you go out and shop on Black Friday? Are you looking for the best deals all around on the must have gifts this holiday season? If so, then chances are you are a smart consumer and that you will save a lot of money on the presents that...
Needs versus Wants – Be Happy with What you Have
For just one minute take a step back into your imagination and pretend that today is the day you have worried about your whole life. You are given one month to live and can only take 3 things from your present life into this last month of your life?...
