Okay, so there are like 1,456,754 products on the market to encourage our houses to smell nice, good, fruity, flowery, sugar n' spicy, you get the idea, right? Candles, sprays, gel beads, oh my! Your options are seriously endless. HOWEVER, when it comes to actual deodorizing, and by that I mean immediate neutralization of seriously bad smells, all of these FAIL. Why? Because they just mask the scent that is currently invading your home and your nostrils. Even products that claim to neutralize before th... read more »
By Leonora Epstein 1. Shave some extra cents off your gas costs by checking out GasPriceWatch.com to find the cheapest offerings in your area. For example, you’ll find that the Chevron on Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles is selling gas for 22 cents less than a Mobil station a few blocks down the road. 2. [...] read more »
We all know that really truly leaving within our means is the ONLY way to avoid the pitfalls of debt, credit cards, collections, and all the fun that comes with NOT being able to pay bills. Right? So, why the freak is it so hard sometimes? We've been married seven years, and in that time our income has varied SO much that our budget changes like every 12 weeks, I swear. Plus add in child after child and it continues to change constantly. But, one thing has remained a constant in our financial situation: ... read more »
Hey, what's your thermostat set at?I taught a class last year on being frugal. And everyone seemed to love all my ideas.Except.Except for the one about cranking back your thermostat to save money.Let me tell you, suggesting to a bunch of people in Las Vegas that they put their A/C at 80 degrees and buy a fan did NOT go over well.Nor did suggesting they keep their thermostats at 68 in the winter. IN VEGAS! It's not even cold.Oh they were mighty unhappy with me.However!I am telling you, if you can adjust y... read more »
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of PBM Products. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you buy generic products? Whenever I can, I do. Most generic products are exactly like the name brand products. Generic products do not have all the advertising costs that name brand does, so the product can [...] read more »
I will be hosting a live stream of the band Saving Abel on my other blog, Lifes Like a Box of Chocolates. The band is in the Persian Gulf entertaining the troops. It is March 4 10pm est 7pm pst. Be sure and stop over tomorrow night and enjoy the show! Just a reminder. Dont forget to [...] read more »
Angel the golden retriever became a guardian angel when cat pounced By Mike Celizic TODAYshow.com contributor ____________________________________________________________ The 11-year-old boy didn’t have time to react — and barely enough time to realize that a cougar was flying toward him with dinner on its mind. Luckily for Austin Forman, his dog, Angel, threw herself between her best friend and a [...] read more »
A story of the love and loyalty of mans best friend. Another reason to adopt a dog from an animal rescue or shelter - what if this were your story? by Joanna Caroll Man and his dog.a classic love story. Over the years, we have read the stories how dogs are used in detecting cancer in humans with an [...] read more »
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My family is doing ok financially right now, but there have been times in the not-so-distant past that we were really limping along in the finance department. We had one car, with no air conditioning, and Big J would drive me to the park-and-ride bus stop each day to catch the bus to work. On [...] read more »
