March Photo A Day Challenge #MARCHPHOTOADAY
Tomorrow March begins, and with it a new Photo A Day Challenge. Fat Mum Slim has her linky up and the challenge is set!
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Talkin’ ‘Bout Fictional Characters
When I saw this I smiled. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a conversation about a character from a book as though they were real.
That’s when you know a story is a good one. The characters take on a life of their own.
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Photo: Taken using iPhoto Photo Booth on my MacBook Pro, edited using Pixelmator & Photo Effects Studio Pro
Write Memorable Wedding Guest Book Messages
When a new married couple settles in to their life, they have their happy memories of their day and photographs to help them recount the moments that surely felt like they practically flew by at the speed of light.
One of the things that many guests and perhaps the couple may overlook are the wedding guest books.
The guest book is not only a register of who helped the couple celebrate their union, but it’s a great way to include your well wishes.
Before the day, think up a nice message to include when you sign your name in their guest book. Nothing too long, of course, think of it as a perfect “tweet” only, you’re writing it in their guest book.
Great messages should evoke the joy you feel in sharing their big day, but can also offer some advice, or even a promise (to watch the baby when it comes, so they can remember what it was like to be newly wed.) A simple quote, from a poem or even one of Shakespeare’s sonnets would do. The important thing is to make it special and meaningful to the couple so that as time goes by and a sentimental bride pulls out her guest book she can smile and remember her wedding day.
photo: marthastewartweddings.com
The preceding was a partnered post.
Read MoreWhat All Young Families Should Know About their Finances
When I first started out in the world I thought I knew enough about my finances to be smart. I thought I could be fiscally responsible. I was very naive. Being fiscally responsible, and how to manage your money properly is not something that is generally taught in schools it was also something that my parent’s just assumed I’d know.
When my husband and I got married in our early twenties we didn’t know what we were supposed to do. We knew we should be doing something, but had no idea what. We knew we needed a plan, and on that note we were right. Eleven years later we’ve learned quite a bit. Here are a few lessons we learned along the way, which I hope will help young couples just starting out.
All young families should have a plan.
Be a team player when couples have separate savings and checking accounts this can lead to secret purchases and more problems. When you work together, you build on your relationship and really learn from each other. It’s not a bad idea to have spending thresholds where each person has to agree on an item before it’s purchased. Which certainly helps the next bit of advice.
They should know where their money is going. Have a budget and stick to it.
Save for a rainy day. With today’s economy, saving may seem like an impossibility-but if this economy should teach a young couple anything, it’s that saving and fiscal responsibility is of the utmost importance.
Couples may be lost when it comes to way to invest their money. Because of our turbulent economy, many couples are looking for a safe investment. A great low risk invest is in precious metals; silver eagles* are a great example of a way couples can begin to invest for their future.
Ignore the Jones’. It’s hard not to compare ourselves to our friends or neighbors, especially when your best friend is walking around with a super new watch you’ve been salivating over for weeks, or when a mom at the park has the chic pram whose retail price equals three months of car payments. Instead of comparing yourself, be happy with what you have. Young couples or anyone really should live within his or her means. Instead of focusing on the things you don’t have, and putting value into material things, put value on what truly is important. Young couples who place value on money or material possessions may have a hard time finding happiness with their lives, because they’re constantly striving to have more.
When young couples have a keen knowledge of their finances and have financial goals that they work towards together, this can only strengthen their relationship and enhance the quality of their life together.
*The preceding was a sponsored post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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