Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life

Class Action Lawsuit Leads to Free Credit Scores and Credit Reports

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The settlement in a lawsuit against TransUnion means that you could get free credit scores and credit reports. Of course there’s a downside.

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Tags: credit, credit cards, & credit card debt

Track Your Blog or Freelance Income with These Spreadsheets

August 27th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Three free spreadsheets to help freelancers and bloggers track their income.

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Tags: alternative income & freelance

The Best Way to Handle a Windfall or Monetary Gift

August 26th, 2008 · 9 Comments

When you receive a windfall or a monetary gift, it’s very easy to spend it several times over if you don’t keep track of what you’ve spent. It’s not hard to plan and track, anything from a piece of scratch paper to a spreadsheet will work.

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Tags: budgeting

Equalling is Fun — Learning Basic Math

August 25th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Teaching kids basic math (or making sure they’re learning it in school) is critical if you want them to be able to handle their finances later in life. Finance, after all, is about handling money…numbers. How did your parents teach you?

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Tags: homeschooling · personal finance & money management

Personal Finance Roundup — Theme Change Edition

August 24th, 2008 · 7 Comments

If you’re reading this in an RSS reader, you may have missed the spankin’ “new” theme (come see!!). I remixed the old theme to get a cleaner look overall and am very pleased with the results. After several days of working on all its nuances, combined with some consulting on other sites I had nightmares [...]

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Tags: roundup