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The Heart of American Values: Informing Families and Making the Most of Your Money
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12 Budget-Friendly Meals for Feeding a Crowd of Hungry Mouths
What is it like to feed a large family on a very tight budget? Here are some of my strategies. First, let me give you a bit of my background. I am the mama to four grown children, all born within two years of each other. I was a stay-at-home-mama in the late seventies...
Earning Solo: Financial Planning for Single Parents
Having enough money, even as a single person with no kids, is hard enough as it is in this economy. But when you're the single parent of a child - or perhaps even more - that becomes an incredible challenge, one that many single parents find difficult to overcome. And...
Play and Learn: Using Online Financial Games to Teach Kids About Money
As a parent, teaching your kids about money is crucial for their future financial success. However, it can be a challenge to make financial literacy engaging for kids. That's where online financial games come in! Let’s face it - kids are on screens pretty much...
Kitchen Scrap Gardening
Kitchen scrap gardening is a must for those looking to live frugal. As the world gets more expensive and things gets more processed, it's an act of radical rebellion to grow your own food. Anything that makes your grocery bill smaller while helping to plump up your...
How to Naturally Keep Slugs Away From Your Garden
We recently moved to a new house and I was so excited to set up a new garden area...only to find that slugs were taking over! There's nothing more frustrating than spending time and money to grow a garden only for it to be destroyed by slugs. Slugs may seem harmless,...
How to Use Your Time Wisely on the Internet
We live in the age of the internet, and we all use it daily. As a result, we have access to plenty of information than has ever been possible before in history. It is indeed true that we have access to many sites, and we stay connected through this digitized portal....