Author page: Athena

I’m baaack! I touched down on American soil two days ago and I’m so happy to be back home although I would be lying greatly if I didn’t say I…

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…