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4 Smart Strategies for Selling on eBay (to Make the Most Money)

January 7, 2015 by jlpenner 3 Comments

So you’ve decided to bring in some extra money by selling items on. Whether you’re looking for a full-time income or just want to make some money for the items sitting around your house, spending a little bit of time on your listings can help you make more money. Keyword Selection People use all kinds of search terms to find what they’re looking for on eBay. If you’re listing a Wii, don’t just use the phrase Wii by itself in {Read More}

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Frugally Feeding Ferocious Carnivores, Part 3

December 15, 2014 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

This is our third chapter about “Frugally Feeding Ferocious Carnivores” by Mashup Mom. If you want to read the first chapter click here. Most articles and blogs on eating more frugally emphasize the financial and health benefits of cutting back on meat and filling up instead on alternatives like beans or tofu — or suggest using meat as a flavoring, rather than as a main dish. If, like me, you live with a committed carnivore, this type of advice becomes {Read More}

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How to Cook a Frozen Steak

November 30, 2014 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

  Ever been late to cook dinner and had no time to de-thaw the steaks? Check out this great video below and find out if you can successfully cook your steaks frozen:

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Should I Dumpster Dive? Would You?

November 24, 2014 by jlpenner 9 Comments

Wow.. I just watched a great documentary last night called Dive.   And it’s about what you think.. dumpster diving for food.  Right now it’s playing on Netflix.. you should definitely watch it if you have access. Would you do it?  Does it gross you out? Fascinate you?  The movie was very interesting, it gave a statistic (which I have not researched) that between farming, production, sales.. then into the dumpster Americans waste 50% of the food they produce.  That is {Read More}

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Could You Handle a Daily Spending Allowance?

November 21, 2014 by jlpenner 7 Comments

I was reading an article in  Good Housekeeping. The article was about a family that saved $10,000 in one year but cutting expenses. While I didn’t fully connect with the family because they looked to be pretty big spenders ($200, grocery shopping trips, freely giving their children money, large monthly clothing budgets).. and they probably could have cut A LOT more than $10,000 a year with all they were spend. But that said, saving money is always good and the {Read More}

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Save Money on Your Vacation with Discount Travel Giftcards

October 22, 2014 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

I LOVE using Cardpool.  We are actually doing a bathroom remodel and are buying our home depot giftcards from them.  Doing this we save 6-10% on those giftcards and they can use used with any coupons or discounts you may get at Home Depot (military gets a 10% discount) But if you are looking to save a bit on your upcoming vacation, make sure you check out the Travel section of Carpool.  Earlier today they had these deals: Hyatt- 5% {Read More}

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