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Living Rich for Less (Random House, 2009)
About Me
Ellie Kay,"America's Family Financial Expert" (R) is a wife, mom and an author/speaker/spokesperson. Ellie is married to "The World's Greatest Fighter Pilot" who cannot find the correct exit without her help (she wonders how he flies a jet without her in the back seat). The Kays have, collectively, seven children (four teens at once--eek!) and two very pampered mini schnauzers (they're so spoiled they should be named Prada and Gucci). The Kays make their home in Southern California.
Category Archives: College Finance
College Crunches – The Four Disciplines of Debt Free Education
When people ask me how we are putting our kids through college debt free, the answer is multi-fold. First, we train our children from a young age that going to school, doing your homework and getting good grades is their … Continue reading
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The Trifecta Effect – One Family, Three Services Academies
This month, our son, Joshua received an appointment to West Point, thus creating a Trifecta amongst our military sons. They are following in their father’s footsteps (Bob, USAFA class of 1978). We have a Naval Academy grad (Robert Philip, class … Continue reading
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Leaving Home 101
Our five-year-old son, Philip, was very mad and having a horrible, no good, very bad day. His two-year-old brother, Jonathan, had taken all his favorite GI Joes and threw them in the toilet—again. “I haffa tell ya’ mama,” He announced … Continue reading
Posted in Checking, College Finance, Credit Card, Kids and Money, Mom, Parent
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Back to College – Part 2
We have several Kay kids who have already graduated (debt-free) and one of the ways we do that is to save on everything. We’ve been buying textbooks for years and recently, I found a way to save big when our … Continue reading
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