Hello everyone and welcome to another PEP edition. Boy am I glad it is Friday. After working all week, writing an exam, and packing to visit the inlaws, I am TIRED. Some and R&R is definitely needed.  Therefore, the theme of this week's round up is ways we can keep our energy up. I think ...

Happy Friday everyone. I hope you have all had a good week. My week was quite good actually as it was my BIRTHDAY!. I got some great stuff for my garden as presents which I am really excited to use. I also got to get out for a cross country skii.As usual, there are always ...

Happy Friday and welcome to another PEP edition. Today I bring funny quotes about money in the hopes that you can have a good chuckle at the end of the week."If you think nobody cares that you're alive, try missing a couple car payments."-anonymousSamurai Jacks Guide to Personal Finance- this warrior teaches us 4 great ...

Happy Friday everyone! Wow did we get a lot of snow this week. We went from no snow last Friday to 2ft by this Friday. All it has been doing is snowing and all I have been doing is shoveling.This week, the factoids included with the PEP's of the week will deal with squash. Since ...

Happy Friday everyone. Welcome to another PEP edition of the week. Today I bring you 5 facts about beans. I tend to promote them on my blog as a healthy, cheap, and versatile food so I thought I would share with you some history about them along with the great posts from around the web ...

For those of you who missed last week, I am hosting a Yakezie round up this Friday and last.  Here is why:For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you will know that I joined the Yakezie network in June 2010. Yakezie is a network of personal finance bloggers that are ...

For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you will know that I joined the Yakezie network in June 2010. Yakezie is a network of personal finance bloggers that are helping each other to grow their blogs in popularity, ranking, and content. I must say that this group of people ...

Hello and welcome to another PEP edition. I hope you have all had a great week and are ready to head out with the kids to collect some treats this Sunday. I personally have had a very hectic week and I am excited to have some time to rest this weekend.This week, I bring to ...

Happy Friday everyone and welcome to this week's PEP edition. This week you are all in store for a little history lesson- how the $20 bill came to be. I hope you all enjoy it as well as the great reads that were found in cyberspace this week.1. The first version of the $20 bill ...

Welcome to the Why Autumn Rocks PEP edition.Some of you may be feeling a bit down now that summer has come to an end but don't fret; There are plenty of great reasons why autumn is just as great. Here is a quote to get you started, "In the garden, autumn is, indeed the crowning ...