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If you have young kids in the house, take note. When my kids were young, it seemed like they went through a roll of toilet paper every time they used the bathroom. It was just too tempting to see that paper roll off the roll so easily, they just couldn’t stop. Before I could blink Read More >>
I used to think that if I packed a freezer, it would increase my energy costs to keep all that extra food cold. I was wrong. I learned, years later that the exact opposite is true. If a freezer is packed, there is less empty warm air to cool. Also, more frozen food will slow Read More >>
If you have pets and love them nearly as much as I love Lucy, you probably know it’s tempting to spend hundreds of dollars into unnecessary toys and trinkets to keep them happy. But it doesn’t mean you have to stop making them happy, you just have to be smarter about it so you avoid Read More >>
20 Tips for Frugal Living — I feel like I am always looking for new ways to save money. For me, the more money I save, the more I have to travel and use to do things I really I want to do. The key, I think to living frugally, is to not FEEL like Read More >>
Lately I’ve been trying to figure how on earth I’m going to make it with only $195.17 left in my grocery budget for the year. With 87 days to go, it works out to be only$2.24 a day for 4 people. HOLE LEE CRAP! A few days ago, The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird Read More >>
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