How to be dressed for an interview

A Guest Post By Angela Harpert Of SW13 Man and Van

Being called for a job interview is successful enough, so you need to make sure that you don’t fail at the opportunity to impress. Most people would get a strong first impression of you from the minute you walk into their office for [...]

Effective Ways To Fight Brutal Energy Bills

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A Guest Post By Tina Jacobs of  DIY Mother.

As temperatures drop, energy costs skyrocket. Unfortunately, most people are already feeling a pinch in their wallets without having to pay enormous energy bills. Thankfully, there are easy ways to keep the house warm without adding to the energy [...]

Going green in your apartment: Some tips for eco-friendly apartment living

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A Guest Post By Robert Mansions of Chicago Apartment Listings

These days, it seems like everybody wants to go green. And with extreme weather ravaging our nation’s greatest cities, it seems like the trend hasn’t arrived a moment too soon. There are so many ways to go green [...]

How To Eliminate Earing Allergies

I’ve had holes in my ear lobes since I was 6 months old and I never experienced allergies to earings until I was around 25 years old.  Suddenly I had to be very picky about the earings I used and they were usually expensive.  If I used anything other than pure silver or gold [...]

How To Freeze Dry Your Food For Long Term Storage

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A Guest Post By Agnes Jimenez of Daily Bread

Freeze drying food has become a popular method of food storage that got its start during WWII. At that time, there was little available refrigeration which made food spoil before it could be delivered to fighting soldiers. As a result, freeze [...]

Use What You Have

I’m sure you’ve watched an infomercial, saw an ad for something, or walked by a product in a store you saw that sounded or looked fantastic and you just had to have it!

Many years ago we got a George Foreman GR10B 36 Square Inch Nonstick Countertop Grill, Black because it sounded like such a [...]

How To Make Your Own Laundry Detergent

Laundry detergent is not only EXPENSIVE but most of the more popular ones are down right toxic!  When I found out how incredibly simply it was to make homemade laundry detergent nearly 5 years ago I haven’t looked back since.  It’s not completely safe to use (to me the safest stuff would be safe enough [...]

Thrifty Tips And Advice: How To Tell The Difference Between What You NEED And What You WANT

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We hear it and see it every day on TV and on billboards: “Spend your money!”  “You deserve it!”  “It’ll make you happy!”  “You need it!”

As a society we are bombarded day in and day out with advertisements that tell us what we need and what we should buy.  There [...]

Thrifty Failure: Buying A Lemon

I’ve got some serious griping and complaining to do!  This is a “thrifty failure” I’ll be sharing with everyone, so get ready.

When we moved to Washington last October we were going back and forth on what to do about our car situation.  We had only one and Travis really didn’t want to leave us [...]

How to Have a Romantic Night on a Budget

Hubby and I will be going out on a date tonight!!!  So, in honor of this momentous occasion I thought it would be the perfect time for me to share with everyone some tips on having a fantastic night with your loved one without breaking the bank.

Ask a friend to watch the kids: I would [...]