Whether you have medical insurance or not, being ill is costly. Even if you have access to free medicines and Doctor visits, illness drains your energy both mental and physical. It makes it hard to enjoy your family, your home or your job. Not only that, every bottle of pain killer you buy stresses your [...]
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More and more I am convinced that the same things that are good for our budget are also good for the environment in general. I just finished writing a Squidoo lens called Death by Plastic about the major impact plastic is having on our environment. There is a huge pool of plastic that is twice [...]
I started this blog to keep myself accountable to help my budget and the world’s ecology by increasing my efforts toward a more frugal lifestyle. It’s not totally foreign to me. My parents raised 6 children on a budget. We all had chores. Dad gardened. Mom sewed and knitted. When we were older, she went [...]
For many people, living as cheaply as possible seems stupid. After all, they didn’t go to school and work all week to live like a welfare case. For others, it’s a matter of necessity, not choice. If you live long enough, you realize that money comes and money goes. Making it the benchmark of who [...]
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I realize that it takes [...]
I’m a little late picking up after the Holidays. Between traveling and illness, it has taken me a while to get back on my feet but I’m working my way back into it.
Sometimes a short vacation can give you a new perspective. When I stepped back from my keyboard, I realized that this blog is [...]
Christmas is over but that doesn’t mean we are done with shopping. Even on a tight budget, there are babies being born and birthdays to celebrate. If you are like me, you hate paying full price for something that someone else is getting a deal on.
I flew from Orlando to Charlotte after Christmas and wondered [...]
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the difference in life. I found a cool site that has lists of free stuff. It looks like it is worth exploring so I joined their affiliate program and shared it with you. I get something like 7 cents for someone clicking through from this banner but in [...]
