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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Best Foods to Freeze (and Why You Should Try This)
When most of us think of the freezer, we picture two things: ice cream and meat. Maybe there’s also a…
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3 Reasons I Cook (and Bake!) with Sunshine
On one ordinary day back in 2012, a hefty envelope turned up in my snail mail containing a very kind…
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Trucs in the Kitchen
Fast-food runs, deli detours and grocery carts loaded with prepared food can drain a food budget faster than a houseful…
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8 Secrets of a Successful Garage Sale
Whether your goal is to purge your home of stuff you no longer need or raise some cash — or…
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8 Ways to Stop Wasting Money
Your paycheck doesn’t exactly walk out the front door; it seeps away. Little dribbles here and there: a forgotten return,…
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Could You Go a Year Without Spending?
A few years back, Eric and Donna Reed shopped for groceries and household products just once for an entire year.…
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How to Safely Dispose of Expired Medications and Household Cleaners
Every day my email box loads up with messages, many of which contain questions from you, my dear readers. And…
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Gratitude on a Budget: Cheap and Cheerful Ways to Give Back
Some people’s generosity comes with ribbon-cutting ceremonies and giant cardboard checks. The rest of us? We show our gratitude with…
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When It Comes to Storing Bananas, Don’t Believe Old Wives’ Tales
For years, I believed an old wives’ tale that bananas will turn black and spoil almost instantly if you put…
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Cheap Source for Quality LED Lightbulbs and More Great Reader Tips
Not all companies are starving for business these days. If my mailbag is a good indicator, businesses that offer any…
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How to Kick Chiggers Out of Your Yard Without Going Broke
You spend a perfectly nice Saturday pulling weeds, trimming roses and finally conquering that corner of the yard that’s been…
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Get Financially Confident, Starting Now
For a good deal of my life, I lived under a dark cloud of fear that I would end up…
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Keep Important Papers in the Freezer
I am always entertained and often educated by the tips readers mail in. Today is no exception. I’m pretty sure…
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How to Make Your Old Dishwasher Perform Like New
There are many things in my life that I enjoy but would not be completely devastated if required to give…
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Halloween Costumes Compliments of the Closet (Not the Credit Card)
When my kids were little, I shelled out a pile of hard-earned dollars to make matching Popeye the Sailor Man…
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