Author page: Athena

One of the things I appreciate about personal finance is there are so many different budgeting techniques, it’s not a one size fits all type of thing. Which, I really…

The following blog post is part of the The Road to Financial Wellness Blog Tour. Over a period of 30 days, the Phroogal team will go to 30 locations to…

Whew! I took this past month off from life and apparently we’re in June so I thought I’d get back in the saddle ;). Even though my goal for May…

Recently, I picked up a book from the library ( what do you expect?) called “The Distraction Addiction” by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. I’m only on page 24 but since I…

I’ve been reading this a lot on the blogosphere lately but March went by fast. At the beginning of the month, I went on my first family vacation in years and celebrated…

I recently hit my emergency fund goal for the year thanks to a couple of windfalls I received, including an education tax credit. Thanks to my trusty budget, I knew…

Vacation last weekend…Take me back! I originally saw this idea on Budget or Fudgets blog ( so glad she’s back!) and since I was playing with the idea of doing…

  Many of you know that I am planning on studying abroad this summer in Israel with Arizona State University. But, studying abroad is not covered in our financial aid…

Harrison George, aka Kitty Bae. The weather has been sooo nice lately in Phoenix lately that I am scared to jinx it and hope we’re able to get at least…