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Two Natural and Ecconomical Ways to Shed Dry Winter Skin
My kitchen provides two solutions for the dry flaky skin caused by cold windy days and indoor heating. One is convenient and the other smells nice. If you want to have smooth skin and smell nice . . . Add a squeeze of lemon to your lotion. Lemon removes dead skin cells, leaving your skin soft...
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Published 4 days ago

Tips to Avoid Overeating at Thanksgiving Dinner
The Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are no doubt the 2 of the most looked forward to occasions in America. I know they’re my favorites. But over the years, I have to come find that while I very much enjoy the dinners, they are not without consequences - mainly the side effects of...
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Published a week ago

Festival of Frugality #152: Affected by Recession Edition
We participated in one blog carnival last week (I keep forgetting to submit until the deadlines are past!) last week, Festival of Frugality #152: Affected by Recession Edition, which was hosted at Financial Wellness Project. My post Save on Groceries and Household Supplies with Amazon’s...
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Published a week ago

Holidays Should Be Happy: Have a Party-Preparation Party to Reduce Stress
The Holidays are fun, or they’re supposed to be, but sometimes it gets hard to remember that when you have people coming over and a hundred things to get done on time. A good way to take some pressure off when hosting a large Holiday dinner party is to have a Party-Preparation Party the day or...
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Published a week ago

Save on Vehicle Registration, Driver License Renewal and (for California Residents) Smog Testing & Repair with DMV Online
Vehicle registration renewal time is not one of my favorite times of the year �" especially every 2 years when we lucky residents of the great State of California must submit to smog tests (well, obviously not we, the people, but our dear vehicles). Not only is it a hassle, but an annoying...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Poorest Time of Our Lives
The topic for this month’s PF Bloggers Group Writing Project, “Poorest Time of Your Life” which was decided about 5 months ago, comes at a somewhat inopportune time. When our group picked out these topics, whoever it was that suggested this topic must have thought that we must all be in a...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Tips for Staying Healthy This Winter
While cold weather has it charms �" pretty white snow (for some of us), excuse to drink lots of hot chocolate, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. �" with it comes some less charming side effects: colds, flus, etc. Not only is it no fun to get sick, it can be expensive. When one is not feeling well,...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Interesting Reads From Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #11
It feels good to get back in the groove of posting regularly again. My cousin lent me an older laptop of his last week so that I can work (on the blog and our other business sites) while Madoline works on her paintings on our PC, and it has made all the difference. As for life in general, things...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Pecuniary Reading: The Costs of Keeping Children, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Madoline and I love to read, and we often come across amusing passages on matters pecuniary that we think our readers might enjoy. The following is from Chapter One of Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, in which Mr. Darling, upon the arrival of his children, calculates the potential expense and speculates...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Put Your Brain Where Your Money Is: Think to Save
Over the weekend, our biological father emailed and asked me to purchase a $2.00 money order on his behalf for an FAA certificate (he’s a pilot) and mail it to him in Japan. While I wasn’t sure how much a money order cost these days, my initial reaction was “What a waste of money to buy a...
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Published 3 weeks ago