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Education, Parenting, featured
Supplemental education
As parents one of our most predominant concern is always our kids’ education. It starts right as soon we first get to know we will be parents, if not earlier. We sweat about the best school for our kids and according to statistics it seems almost 60-70% of key decisions like house, job and city [...]
Home Ownership, featured
$40 utility bill – how we did it
In these tough economic times, we all try to find ways to save money. Grocery bill, eating out, movies, extra-shopping, travel all get put on the chopping block. As a homeowner, one of the big drains on our wallets have been our energy bills. Every year the natural gas and electricity rates seem to creep up [...]
Living Within your means
It pays to be frugal
By Priya Raman
In the current economic recession everyone of us is looking for ways to reduce unnecessary spending. Back during the glory days, we got addicted to the habit of spending without flinching for a moment. Now hopefully with the lessons learned from the downturn, the fact that materialism works great for the country’s economy – but [...] Continue Reading
Parenting
Traveling with Children
By Priya Raman
Holiday season is upon us and many of us are going to visit family, escape the weather or simply travel to see places. For those with children, the entire planning can be scary and exhausting. The emergency kits, travel necessities, emergency medical help and list goes on. Here is a comprehensive list of things that I [...] Continue Reading
Home Ownership
Going Green – where do I start?
By Subraya Mallya
Going Green is the topic du-jour these days. Every thing we do is looked at from the sustainability angle. We have been Paper Bags: While buying groceries always pack them in paper bags. Paper bags are usually made of recycled paper and easily recyclable themselves. Plastic bags, going into the landfills cause more harm by polluting [...] Continue Reading
Parenting
Entertaining Children during breaks
By Priya Raman
As the we get close to the end of the year, we start wondering about the year end break from school. If you don’t have plans to travel, you are left to wonder how to keep the children entertained. Here are some things that worked for me that I would like to share. The secret, [...] Continue Reading
Career Management
Dos and Don’ts in a Resume
By Subraya Mallya
My first attempt to write something around job hunting strategies got some good responses and also got a bunch of people asking me what would constitute a good resume. So I thought of expanding on the previous post and writing a “Dos and Don’ts” on the resume. All through my career I have received requests from [...] Continue Reading
Career Management
Job Hunt: What can I do different?
By Subraya Mallya
My recent meetings with friends/ex-colleagues who are impacted by the downturn and hearing the challenges prompted this post on how people can help themselves in these tough times. In the post I will share experiences I have had and hopefully some of it would be useful to the readers. We are in a really tough job [...] Continue Reading
Personal Finance
Stimulus Package: What’s in it for me?
By Subraya Mallya
With the news of the financial stimulus package being all the rage these days, President Barrack Obama signed the stimulus package yesterday at Denver CO while also sharing some details of the $50B bailout package to help homeowners who are in the water. The stimulus package means a lot of things to lots of us. Check [...] Continue Reading
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