Personal finance should be at the top of your list for New Year’s Resolutions. Ilyce provides personal finance tips for a new and financially sound you.

…I just got told that our quotation for that $1600 translation got accepted…so, they already delivered the materials to my home…that means I have to start TONIGHT! as I only have 15 days to do it…that means we must deliver it no later than Jan 2nd, 4:00pm…
wish me luck!

silly things I did during my divorce process:

*I agreed to let him keep our apartment for as long as it took for him to buy his own, provided he paid the mortage…
*I also let him keep all the furniture…for free! (should have asked for some $$$ to at least help pay for the stuff…

the school were we usually sell school supplies did not give us permission to sell this year…part of me is relieved…I really don’t like it that they force the parents to buy X or Y brand of crayons, colors, etc…and I don’t like it that they think THIS makes them a better school…cousin…

my friend called (he still owes me $179; we hadn’t been paid!…he’s got the cheque!…) this will be the last translation $$$ I will receive in 2007….the translations I’ve made in Dec will be paid in January!…(these $179 go to my department store card!) …

woo-hoo!

There have been 4 cc statements delivered to our house the past 2 weeks…none of them mine!…I always pick them up and read the consignee name: they’re sis’….while I cringe to think of her financial situation (I KNOW how bad it is, we are very open about it) it really feels good…

When a tenant breaks a rental lease early a host of problems could result. Ilyce explains to this landlord how to protect their investment.

I survived the children’s party!!!
We arrived at the place where the party would be held at 8:30am, to continue preparing the employee’s packages and filling the piniatas and all that…we left at 7:30pm, after having written down the names of the people that didn’t get a package…

A homeowner’s association fee was not disclosed when this ThinkGlink reader bought a home. Ilyce’s readers respond to her article finding the real estate agent to blame for the unknown fee.

The place where the children’s party we are organizing is going to be held allowed cousin to drop off the toys today…so she loaded her car and asked a neighbor (that has a van) to help her transport them all (it took 4 trips in total!) and she started sorting!!!…we only have 4…