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Family Calendar Life Hack

January 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Here is a life hack for your busy family life. Years ago when I had to cart teenage kids to work, school functions, friends,etc all because they did not drive yet, our schedules were always crossed. Someone was left waiting. No one knew when anyone worked or had to be some place. I came up [...]

Filed Under: Family, Lifestyle, Organization

Low Cost Christmas Ideas

November 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

With all the spending going on in the next few days, I thought I would share a couple ideas that we have used for Christmas gifts. Everyone likes food. Since we first dated, my wife has baked for the holidays. All the relatives are happy with the breads and cookies. She skipped one year and [...]

Filed Under: Family, General Tips, Shopping, Travel

Avoiding the Plastic this Christmas

November 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment

We are avoiding credit cards this year. I have told my wife once we pay them off they are going to be cut up. So we are paying cash. I get paid twice a month. With each paycheck since the end of October, I have been scrounging out $50.00. Thank god for lower gas prices. [...]

Filed Under: Consumer Affairs, Goals, Lifestyle

Organizing Pictures

September 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My wife is a photo nut. Before the digital cameras, she would go through a roll a film in a week. On vacation we could have 20-30 rolls of film to develop. Thank god for the digital camera we bought. We are already on our second one she wore the last one out. It stopped [...]

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Remember the Gift Cards

January 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Consumer Reports found that 27% of people have at least one card received from the prior year that they have not redeemed. Just my 2 cents. Jim @ ChangeJarSavings.com © 2008 ChangeJarSavings.com

Filed Under: Consumer Affairs, Debt Management
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