Archive for the ‘Debt’ Category

Tuesday July 6  2010 ——————————— Our thanks to Jason Fitzpatrick and Lifehacker.com _______________________________________ If you’ve started biking more to cut down on gas consumption you might have noticed what a pain it is to transport things on a bicycle. Convert a bicycle to a cargo bike and you’ll be hauling groceries in style. Instructables user [...]

Tuesday June 22  2010 ___________________ Our thanks to Green Deane and EatTheWeeds.com __________________________________________

Monday June 21  2010 _________________________ Our thanks to Jeffrey and GroceryCouponGuide.com ________________________________________ Eating Well on $1 a day I was talking with my sister and explaining to her that with couponing, I think that I could live on $1 a day for food and have plenty to eat. She looked at me skeptically thinking that [...]

Sunday June 20  2010 ___________________ Our thanks to Jon Bruner, Forbes.com, and Survivalblog.com ______________________________________________ Please check out this fascinating interactive map: Where Americans Are Moving. If you click on an individual move segment, it shows the average income level of those moving. As an interesting example, click on Teton County, Wyoming. Wow! (Could this be, [...]

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Wednesday June 9  2010 ________________________ Our thanks to Kathy M. Kristof,  consumer advocate Clark Howard, and The Los Angeles Times _______________________________________________________ How close are you to the financial edge? Take this quiz Americans are falling deeper into debt, and they are increasingly waiting too long to seek help, a credit counseling expert says. Find out [...]

Saturday June 5  2010 ______________________________________ Our thanks to Marilyn Zelinsky-Syarto and ShelterPop.com _____________________________________________ Baking soda, boiling water, and aluminum foil clean tarnished silver-plated heirlooms. Photo: Noricum, Flickr Baking soda isn’t just for deodorizing your fridge or for cooking: We explore he many joys of using baking soda around the house. How can baking soda be [...]

Tuesday June 1  2010 _____________________________________ Our thanks to Roxanne Griswold and James Wesley, Rawles ________________________________________________ Sea Salt–An Indispensable Commodity for Uncertain Times, by Roxanne Griswold When we think about setting aside emergency supplies, most of us would agree that preserved food and purified water are the essentials and everything else is secondary to these. Some [...]

Friday May 28  2010 ____________________________ Our thanks to consumer advocate Clark Howard ______________________________________ Don’t accept or carry anything larger than a $20 bill RIP-OFF ALERT: Clark Howard has a rule: He never carries anything larger than a $20 bill. Why? Because bills larger than that have a much higher chance of being counterfeit. The Los [...]

Thursday May 27  2010 ______________________________________ Click here to watch slide show