A Great Recipe ForTurning Lemons into Lemonade

Posted on August 11, 2011 by bluelinecpcu

By Nancy Coveleskie We’ve all heard this saying before, haven’t we?  How do you apply in your everyday life? I’ve been working on a project the last few days and have asked some friends and acquaintances for assistance.  I surveyed everyone via email on the following:  The #1 biggest concern I have right now about [...]

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Ignore a stray and it will go away!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by bluelinecpcu

By Nancy Coveleskie Have you ever had a stray animal visit your house? As a little kid growing up in the country, everyone let their cats and dogs roam freely. As soon as a dog or cat would saunter toward our house, my sister and I were begging my parents to let us keep him. [...]

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Things I’ll bet you DIDN’T know about DROP when you enrolled

Posted on February 17, 2011 by bluelinecpcu

By Nancy Coveleskie Don’t get me wrong, I’m not about to bash DROP. It has been a financial Godsend to many of our officers, but there are a few things you need to know about how it works. When you enroll in DROP and you are married, your spouse is your primary beneficiary. There is [...]

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How Far Could You Drive Without Looking at Your Dashboard?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by bluelinecpcu

By Nancy Coveleskie I remember when I was first learning to drive like it was yesterday. The only car available to me was a stick shift, Although I mastered letting up on the clutch while simultaneously pressing on the gas, I wasn’t very good at determining when I should shift into the next gear. My [...]

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Fashion, cars and money – what do they have in common?

Posted on October 27, 2010 by bluelinecpcu

Hemlines go up, hemlines go down, lapels and ties widen and narrow yet again. Even car styles make a comeback. Many new cars on the road today have the lines of cars from the 40’s. You can even buy a brand new muscle car that looks like it rolled off the showroom floor 40 years [...]

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If you think that retirement simply means rolling your DROP and Deferred Comp, think again.

Posted on September 15, 2010 by bluelinecpcu

Being married to a firefighter has its advantages. (Okay, you can stop laughing now) One of the biggest is in knowing first-hand how much attention police and firefighters get when it is nearing the time to retire. We could have a steak dinner every night of the week, courtesy of all of the retirement seminars [...]

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Despite all your preparations, it still happened – you’re lost!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by bluelinecpcu

Despite all your preparations, it still happened – you’re lost! I love the GPS dashboard device that my wife bought me for Christmas a few years back that tells me where to go and when to turn! I still carry a real, actual, good old paper Rand McNally road map in my car, but my [...]

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