Nanny Adventures

I am sure you thought I had disappeared from the NannyWorld…well almost
i am so excited because the 25th Annual INA conference is going to be May 20-23, 2010 in San Francisco, CA! Six years ago, the National Association of Nannies conference was in Phoenix Arizona, and my two friends, Angela and Penny, and [...]

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Debuting tomorrow, is my newest blog, The Financial Nanny. I am so excited to be blogging about finances and the traps of being a nanny have sometimes financially. I will be sharing my financial articles I have been and will be writing, some giveaways and links to more giveaways as well as information on various [...]

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Try saying that 10 times fast! WOAH!.

Oh Budget!
 
We have all been told at one time or another we need to follow a budget.  However the problem we run into is how exactly to set one up and where our money goes. We would  all love a personal financial planner but can’t afford one. Today I [...]

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I have known Kathy Webb of 4nannies.com  , Nanny Network  and    since coming to the DC area in 1996 as a professional nanny.   Last year, she undertook the wonderful job of blogging updates on Nannytaxes.   Her blog has provided me with so many “tax” updates that I wasn’t fully aware of among other things. 
Today’s blog  was especially [...]

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MONEY or BUDGET (ok so that is 6)
My lovely financial manager aka my brother, sent me a link to Suze Orman’s new book  2009 Action Plan.    The cool thing is that it will not cost me a physical penny to read this book.  I can simply go here and download the entire 209 pages FREE!
Yes that is [...]

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So everyone most likely knows that in the past 2 weeks the banking economy has kinda of gone crazy.  Well I have to say that my money was in WAMU in their online savings account (3.93% interest right now) and my daily money is in Wachovia.  I have an IRA with a local credit union, [...]

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My brother forwarded me this blog link to the blog AllFinancialMatters.   It has a great way that parents and nannies can teach kids about needs vs wants.   I am going to copy it here and provide the link so that you can see the other comments and so forth.  It is a great simple idea.  [...]

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For the past 4 years I have been going to the INA conference.  It is an expensive conference for nannies and agencies. I have found it very worthwhile to attend.  I do not ask my employeers for assistance though in paying for it.  It is something that I personally do not mind paying for.  I [...]

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I am not a Financial Manager/Advisor nor do I play one on television. 

Over the past year I have been working very hard on managing debt, saving money, living on an allowance and opening an IRA. Several people have asked me about my online savings accounts, my IRA that I got this year, and how [...]

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