The Garden of Plenty

Ten Tips to Get Your Bookkeeping, Taxes, and Bill-Paying Done!
A funny thing happened on the way to getting my taxes done…

Some kind of “tummy bug” hit. Not that awful have-to-sit-on-the-toilet-with-a-bucket-in-your-lap flu that leaves you wondering what else your body could possibly purge, but a milder I-just-don’t-have-an-appetite-and-my-stomache-kinda-hurts thing.
Now, with all the “work” I’ve done with my relationship [...]

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I live by Lake Marcel, poised between the Snoqualmie Valley and the Cascade foothills, between the towns of Carnation and Duvall (east of Seattle).  It is peaceful, idyllic.  It looks like the kind of place you’d go to visit your financially-secure retired relatives in their second home… nestled between tall fir trees, near the community beach.

Part of my [...]

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A financial coach examines the Curious Case of Bernie Madoff and the largest financial fraud in history.

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I was so moved by the words of FDR at his inaugural address, and struck by the timeliness of what he wrote for our own time as well, I wanted to share this excerpt.  Given March 4, 1933, this speech was delivered in the depth of the Depression. 
“This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, [...]

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“What do you do?”  It’s the simplest, most basic question, one we might be asked on a daily basis.  I know exactly what I do, but I’m still trying to figure out how to answer that question in a way that people can understand.
In a nutshell, I help people think and feel differently about money.
I help [...]

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“The quality of our life is the quality of our emotions.”
 
Gas is over $4 a gallon, meanwhile foreclosures are up, workers are being laid off, and business owners are tightening their belts.  The word “recession” is bandied about, sometimes in whispers (as if we’re afraid the economy might hear us), other times in not-so-soft complaints.  [...]

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