Book Review

Not much new on the financial front today - status is the same as yesterday. Just waiting for bills to come in so we can pay more on the VISA.

I'm going to start listening to the Dave Ramsey CDs and last night I finished another personal finance book, "The Family CFO" by Mary Claire Allvine, CFP, and Christine Larson. I use the term 'reading' loosely. I skimmed over more than half of the book. It was a bit too gimmicky and involved for me to really get into. It was ALL in business lingo which was too much for me. I think you'd have to have a degree in business for the book to make sense. The caption on the front of the book says "The couple's business plan for love and money". It was definitely a business plan - not much to do with love and I think the 'couples' part might be in there somewhere, if you look hard enough. So, I realize that not being able to learn from this book might make me a little bit on the dull side, and I'm okay with that! What can you do?

The last chapter in the book is called "Better Sex Through Financial Management". Their parting pieces of advice are 1) Define your priorities. 2) Treat your family like a business. 3) Simplify. 4) Do your own best practices survey (asking people you respect how they manage their money). Hmmmm...my DH would be severely disappointed! Okay...I was severely disappointed! Ha.....ha....ha. Anyway - I took one thing that I liked from that book (the couples retreat) and now I'll return it to the library. I'm sure it's an excellent book for those people who LOVE business and can't get enough of it. For me....the regular stay-at-home-mom? I'll stick with Dave Ramsey, David Bach, and any other book I find helpful and we'll call it a day!