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Vegetable Marinara – Wednesday Wonders
My children are not big on eating their vegetables. “You will be more like Popeye” only goes so far in my house. I have found that sautéing the vegetables and adding them to sauces can help get the kids moving in the vegetable direction. This week I am offering my sauce from last night. I [...]
Wednesday Wonders – Food Your Family will Remember (for the Right Reasons)
My family has been pinching pennies trying to adjust to the tightening economy. Getting creative with meals seems to be on of the best ways for us to make these cuts. Feeding hungry boys can get expensive, but there are ways to make the meals stretch and still leave everyone satisfied. Angel Food Ministries has [...]
Building a Savings Plan for 2010
The economy hit us hard this last year. With one of us out of work and the other struggling to find work contracts, the money has trickled in just enough to keep us from going under completely. The work prospects have not changed, but my attitude has recovered. Sometimes the right attitude is all that [...]
Christmas for $100
The holidays get expensive. Even just sending out Christmas cards can end up costing hundreds of dollars. With so many people struggling financially it might be time to put the reason back into the season and stop focusing on the finances so much. 7 Tips for Saving on Christmas 1. Give the gift of time [...]
Saving Money that Is Not There
No regular paycheck for two years sounds tough. Living it is much tougher than it sounds. My husband left his teaching position in October of 2007. The income I gain from writing (mostly online) has been enough to keep our heads above water, but only just enough so that we can breath. Things would be [...]
Finding Ways to Survive Tough Times
The economy seems to have a choke hold on many families. It is bad enough that vacations were switched to stay-cations if they weren’t cut altogether. But already many families are looking at how to get creative when the holidays come around because it is likely that budgets will not be any nicer by that [...]
Ranting on the Auto Industry
Three weeks ago our mini-van was involved in a wreck. I had the misfortune of being behind the wheel. My two sons where in the seat next to the door that received the most damage. The emotional trauma that I experienced then was rough. I’ve made a point of keeping my kids out of all [...]
Top Tips for Buying and Saving on a Used Car
Car dealerships are in trouble – or at least the news media is portraying the idea that the auto industry as a whole is struggling. Anyone that has been to a car dealership in the last several months is likely to portray a different picture. Our mini-van was t-boned a few weeks back by a [...]
Save Money with Day Camps
DIRECTV Falling Down in Customer Service
DIRECTV came out to upgrade my system to a HD system. After everything was in place and I walked out with the installer I noticed a cable sitting on the ground from the dish to the house. It was at that moment that the DIRECTV installer mentioned that for him to bury the cable from [...]