The shortest distance from poverty to wealth is education-

This is why most people cannot cut expenses and live below their means, some cannot afford it. To be honest, I find it better to live simple on a nice salary than to on a meager salary, you have more elbow room to be comfortable on a better salary.

Single ma, you will always be explaining your financial situation to people that have not followed your blog since day 1. For newbies, they may not understand you. So get use of it. LOL

Wanted to know what you thought about Bernake’s comments at Morehouse:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/economy-watch/2009/04/bernanke.html?wpisrc=newsletter

Very interesting article. I have a two part answer. Will post my thoughts in the near future. [-SM]

I’m not a single mom, but in my brokest days it wasn’t mac n’ cheese, it was Oodles of Noodles and ham sammiches with reeeeaaallllly thin lunchmeat. I do still have Oodles of Noodles as a snack sometimes, you know, for nostalgia.