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Inexpensive Ways to Revive and Enliven Your Home
There’s spring cleaning and then there’s giving your home the long overdue spruce up that it needs. Here are three inexpensive ways to improve the look and feel of your home, just in time for summer.
Beef Up Your Bedroom [Read more...]
Focusing on reducing, reusing and recycling this year! I was recently asked to join the P&G Conserve-It-All Program. This program was a fantastic reminder that we need to do more to reduce, reuse and recycle at our house.
At our old house it was super easy to recycle. The city had a huge recycling center right down the street from our house. We were able to run our recycling to the recycle center nightly. It was so nice to be able to keep the house clean and recycle everything we could. There were weeks that we did not fill a garbage sack let alone the entire garbage can. [Read more...]
I love to snack! I am going to admit right now that I am a huge snacker. I also love trying new snack foods but hate paying for a big bag of snacks and then ending up hating them. I always get so excited to splurge on a new snack and then when I get home and it tastes well horrible it is such a huge bummer. I feel guilty for spending the money and then mad because I have a bag of stuff that will never get eaten. Enter in the Goodies Co.!!!!
Subscribers to the Goodies Co. Taster’s Box receive a monthly box of 5-8 snacks for $7/month. [Read more...]
We love to travel! I know this probably does not come as much of a surprise with all of the travel photos we share. One aspect of travel that I am always conscious about is where I use my credit card. I have a fear that our credit card number will be stolen and I will be stuck out of town dealing with issues. We have started carrying a Visa Prepaid card with us that I use anytime we get somewhere I just don’t feel comfortable using my normal Visa Card.
I feel better knowing that the Visa Prepaid card has a specific dollar amount loaded on it and I do not have to worry that my entire credit line will be maxed out by a thief. I will also say an extra benefit of the Visa Prepaid card is that I can’t go crazy shopping. Knowing there is a specific dollar amount on the card keeps me in line with my budget and makes me think about every purchase. [Read more...]
Soon Congress will vote on how to spread our tax dollars including farming. Right now we have a chance to let Congress know that we would like tax dollars focused on healthy and affordable food as part of the new farm bill.
I don’t know about you but there are days I have total sticker shock in the produce section of the grocery store. We are trying to eat healthier and focus on having a variety of fruits and veggies in our diet. As we add more and more veggies and fruit to our diet and take out processed food our grocery bill is rising significantly. I know that in the long run the choices we make are for the best but dang that doesn’t help the checkbook balance.
You can learn more about produce and how to best maximize your produce in our Produce 101 posts. We share how to store different varieties of produce and tips for picking out the best produce.
By signing this petition, you are telling Congress that you want your tax dollars to go to programs that help families gain greater access to healthy, affordable food in the new farm bill. This petition will be sent to Frank D. Lucas, Chairmain of the House Committee on Agriculture and Debbie Stabenew, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
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Are you making this financial mistake? I would bet that a large portion of readers are making this mistake right now…..
When was the last time you balanced your checkbook? [Read more...]
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