Florida Prepaid
Michelle Balaun2019-06-04T18:08:04+00:00What Does It Pay For? Many of us who have lived in Florida, planned for our students’ education by taking advantage of the Florida Prepaid program. The [...]
Budget 101
Michelle Balaun2019-04-07T14:20:49+00:00Asking for Money? I can vividly remember being in college and having to make the dreaded call home to my father to ask for money. My parents had three d [...]
Interning in New York City
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:44:03+00:00Who doesn’t want to live in New York City? Ok, I am a little partial. I am a born and bred New Yorker, living in S. Florida for 25 plus years, and I sti [...]
Types of Student Loans
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T17:01:35+00:00What are your options? When I attended school back in 1979, my Dad had four of us in college at the same time. It was through student loans that my pare [...]
Eating Healthy
Michelle Balaun2019-04-27T10:11:33+00:00OK To Be Eating...Healthy! As with other college campuses, the amount of burger, pizza, and fast food restaurants at UF and the surrounding campus is a [...]
The ABC’s of 529 Savings Plans UF
Michelle Balaun2019-05-08T16:26:32+00:00What 529 Pays When you decide to have kids, your first thought is not how am I going to pay for college, but it might be your second. I made a decision [...]
Credit Cards for College Students
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:10:27+00:00What Every Student Should Know Recently I told my daughter to go pay something with a check. She responded by asking me if she had those somewhere. She [...]
Mother’s Day Gift Guide, You’ve Got This!
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T11:27:14+00:00Ready for Mom's Important Day? Mother’s Day only comes once a year, so you better believe the pressure is on to show your mother just how much she means [...]
Eating on a Budget
Michelle Balaun2019-06-04T17:51:17+00:00Budget Eating, Is Possible Getting your college kid to be eating and budgeting is a challenge. I have experimented with various approaches to teaching m [...]
Teaching Them to Budget
Michelle Balaun2019-02-01T13:24:34+00:00My Best Advice as a Parent Three times the charm. Well, I suppose that isn’t fair; all three of my kids are charming and adorable. The difference is tha [...]
Pets in School
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:57:39+00:00Take Your Dog (Or Cat) to College We have a cat who my daughter misses dearly. Her roommate has a dog that lives with them in a house but for those who [...]
Being Thrifty
Michelle Balaun2019-04-07T14:17:51+00:00When You Need to Stay on Budget Being a college student, it can be stressful to be thrifty and stay on budget throughout the semester. There can be inte [...]