Send Virtual Flowers for V-day!

I’ve told my hubby to NEVER waste money and buy me flowers, but if he sent me virtual ones, I would approve

http://www.flowers2mail.com/

The Tool We Use To Budget Our Money

http://www.clearcheckbook.com/

I can’t thank this site enough for helping us make it so easy to budget money. I don’t use all of the features offered, because we just don’t need them. They have an awesome budgeting tool, but we don’t really use it. For instance, I could set a “Food” budget, and when I buy things, I would allocate it to that budget. Read below on why I personally don’t use that. I think it would be great for some people!

Basically, we use it as a checkbook (so it’s not linked to our bank accounts like Mint.com and other tools do).

Twice a month I do the bills (which I love doing. I’m kind of OCD about it lol). I keep track of what bills need to be paid and when, using this site. So easy!

After I’ve paid the bills, and allocated the “extra” money, I leave us $150 for that 2 weeks. That is used for food and fun. Makes it pretty easy to stick to a good budget!

As things clear through the bank, I just “jive” them on this site. That way it shows how much money I have left to spend, and how much is in the bank. For instance, our bank could say we have $653, but ClearCheckBook says we have $129 to spend. Before I used this site, I would forget that a bill was going to be deducted from my account, and I would think I had more money than I did. This is ALL solved though this site!

I love their Android app!

When my hubby spends money, he knows he has to log into the site and enter it in. Works so easy for both of us!

I love the iGoogle widget that is on my homepage, so I always see how much money we have every time I open my browser.

This site has made our life so peaceful about money.

Here are some videos of how to use this web tool: http://www.youtube.com/user/ClearCheckbook

Printing Only What You Want

Sometimes I want to print a webpage, but I don’t want to print all the extra junk that’s on the page. An easy way I do this is by using PrintWhatYouLike.com.

It’s just a nice way to save a bit of ink!

Enjoy!

Leave a Voicemail Without “Calling” Someone

Do you ever need to call {not text} someone, and don’t feel like talking to that person, at that time? If so, use Slydial.

I’ll admit, I’ve used it a handful of times.

It works with or without a smartphone. It’s a pretty amazing technology!

If you want to try it, leave me a voicemail using it! 602-570-4039.

Tracking Your Cycle!

For those of you that do not know, I’m pregnant!

With my current son and this pregnancy, I used http://www.mymonthlycycles.com/ both times to know when I could get pregnant. Worked great for me, so hopefully it will for you too! Now, I realize that fertility issues play a role as well.

My Monthly Cycles has a period calendar. You click on the date when you start your period, and then click on each day after that, when you’re still on it.

They also have an ovulation calendar that shows you when you should try and get pregnant!

It’s simple to use and makes it easy to track things!

Don’t forget to lay in bed and raise your butt for at least 20 minutes after you make love, when trying to pregnant!