From the monthly archives:

November 2010

Tips for Staying Within your Budget this Holiday Season

The holiday shopping season is in full swing. The stores are full of Christmas music, shiny decorations, and bling of every kind at the endcaps….all with the goal of getting you to spend, spend, spend. It’s so easy to give into temptation! While I’m not perfect when resisting temptations (who is?) there are a few [...]

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Investing for Families-How to Find $1,000 and Invest It

The following article is a guest post by Barbara Friedberg of BarbaraFriedbergPersonalFinance.com. Please see her author bio at the end of the article. Don’t have extra money to invest? Not crazy about researching investments? Understand that you need to invest to grow your money for the future. Unless you have been living in a cave, [...]

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30 Days of Homemade Gifts: Make A Gift For Your Favorite Dog

When I was growing up we had 2 dogs and every year the dogs enjoyed a few Christmas presents! They would each have their own stocking with a special treat, like a rawhide chew or a box of dog treats, as well as a homemade gift to play with. Here are some ideas for homemade [...]

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The 5 am Cup of Tea: Thanksgiving is Nearly Here, Walmart’s Black Friday Ad, Hiding Presents, New Staff Writer Edition

Well the Thanksgiving holiday is nearly upon us and I can hardly wait. I just love the holidays and to me Thanksgiving is when the official holiday season kicks off! I’ve made my shopping list and will be buying our turkey this weekend. So looking forward to Thursday when my kitchen will smell like fresh [...]

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Strategies for Time Deprived Cooks

Lately our weekends have become so full of activity with kid’s sports, Church, etc. that we found ourselves doing “take out” a lot more than usual. While at first it was fun because it was different (Hey, where can we drive thru tonight?), we started to see our dining out costs rise so I knew [...]

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