What’s For Dinner When You Have No Money?

I read a lot of money related posts each day and most of them are aimed at people who have money and just need to use it a little more wisely. My goal was to reach a different level of people – those who are facing difficult financial times due to any number of factors. That is a spot I’ve found myself in several times in my life and I’m hoping that I can help someone else out with my experiences.

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Please Help Our Fellow Blogger

I first read about this yesterday when Naomi posted it on IttyBiz.  There is a fellow blogger named RT Cunningham and his wife is here in the US and facing surgery.  He is going to have to raise the money for a plane ticket, slightly abandon his blog and rush here to be with his wife as she goes through this scary ordeal.  Please read about his situation and donate if you can!

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Tips to Lower Heating and Cooling Costs


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I know a lot of people spend time being miserable when they are too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer – all in the name of saving money. Saving money on your heating and cooling costs doesn’t have to mean going to the extreme if you follow some simple tips. Read more »

Losing Weight & Saving Money – Part 3

So now that we have learned to control our portion sizes and have quit eating out, we can move on to the next step in our quest to lose weight and save money which is to watch what we drink.  Here are some of the things we may be drinking and their downfalls: Read more »

Update on CFL Bulbs

I just wanted to make a quick update regarding my CFL Bulb post.  Almost two months ago we started changing our regular bulbs out for CFL bulbs to try to save electricity and therefore saving money on our electricity bill.  While there may be other factors affecting the decrease in our electric bill, I’m quite pleased with the results.

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Saving Money & Losing Weight – Part 2

In Part 1, we talked about how watching your portion sizes can not only save you money, but it can also help you to lose weight.

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Losing Weight & Saving Money – Part 1

We live in a country where people overeat, don’t exercise and are slowly becoming more and more overweight. A new year brings new resolutions of losing weight, but people set unattainable goals and set themselves up for failure. Instead of resolving to join a gym, exercise 4 times a week and start a low carb diet, how about tweaking some of the things you already do and making them work for you?

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