Retirement

Baby boomers offer tips on grief, retirement, survival tools, and gratitude

Rita R. Robison / June 18, 2018

Getting ready to retire? Recently retired and facing challenges? Sorting travel options? This week, our boomer blogging group offers articles […]

Top 11 occupations held by American’s 65 and older

Rita R. Robison / June 14, 2018

Baby boomers are retiring in record numbers and with higher life expectancy and better healthcare. But, a record number of

Baby boomers remember their moms and contemplate the future

Rita R. Robison / May 14, 2018

On Mother’s Day, I wrote about memories of my mom, then set about entertaining myself because I wasn’t able to

Baby boomers ponder everyday problems and look to the future

Rita R. Robison / May 7, 2018

Celebrating my birthday was really fun this year. First, I was able to celebrate with my daughter and her family

Baby boomer bloggers share their wisdom

Rita R. Robison / April 16, 2018

It’s that time again. Boomers bloggers share useful information, wisdom, and just plain interesting thoughts. Boomers are writing about how

Baby boomers wonder if it’s really spring

Rita R. Robison / April 9, 2018

Meryl Baer blogging at Six Decades and Counting spent the first weekend of April in Vermont, standing at a window

Baby boomers love spring and Easter

Rita R. Robison / April 2, 2018

Doesn’t everyone have a great Easter story? Laura Lee Carter tells us that many years ago she and her mom

Baby boomers offer a potpourri of ideas

Rita R. Robison / March 26, 2018

Photo: Sanjay Acharya Potpourri means a mixture of things, Tom Sightings blogging at Sightings From Sixty tells us. So, he

Baby boomers think about life and health as spring approaches

Rita R. Robison / March 19, 2018

Since I’m recovering from a compression fracture of one of my disks, I haven’t gotten out much in my yard

This week's top 10 money tips

1. Take a look at this list of unique Father’s Day deals.

2. Be sure to take the time to check out the new requirements for student loan borrowers before July 1, 2026.

3. Save money on tomatoes – which have gone up 40 percent over the last year – by shopping local, comparing tomato varieties, using canned for cooking, and stocking up when prices drop.

4. Look at Costco for recent price cuts on some of its Kirkland products.

5. Use of cash or a debit card rather than a credit card results in higher costs for those consumers unlike credit card users who get rewards to offset the increased prices companies need to charge to pay for credit card swipe fees.

6. Get three written estimates, ask for itemized pricing, and do minor plumbing fixes yourself to keep plumbing costs down.

7. Check out these recommendations on what not to keep in your purse or wallet to avoid financial loss and identity theft.

8. Watch out for mortgage assistance relief companies who mislead consumers into paying unlawful upfront fees and don’t help with mortgage problems.

9. Compare mortgage rates when you buy a home so you don’t make a $62,000 mistake – the cost of not comparing mortgage rates.

10. Check out this list of items not to put in your will.

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