Posted on 11/15/2008 9:26:50 AM PST by RKBA Democrat
I’ve told my kids for years that the best way to save money is not to spend it.
I love to read and could easily spend a fortune on books. I have an exchange account at a local second hand book store and get most of my books at half price or less.
It goes without saying you can save a significant amount of money annually if you brown bag breakfast, coffee and lunch. I tend to eat much healthier if I bring my own.
I think it’s better to tack on a few bucks to your monthly payment than have a bi-weekly mortgage. That way you are not locked in. You pay extra when you can. Skip it when you have unexpected expenses. There also are often “service fees” associated with paying bi-weekly.
I don’t have a land line phone but we get a heck of a deal on the cell phones we have, since my wife’s employer requires her to have one, they pay her $65 per month and we get 1400 minutes for $89 per month and that’s more than we ever use.
That's why you hang them in the BASEMENT or even on the shower rod in the bathroom. This isn't Italy where everyone hangs laundry out the window. And it's not as hard as it looks.
That's similar to advice I received years ago Somebody once told me it's not how much you make, but how much you keep that's important.
I am in similar circumstances. My husband lost his job 9 years ago & we decided to put both of our full efforts into a business I had been running as a hobby for years. It’s been very difficult & now I’m going back to school to get new skills that are marketable. I’ll graduate in a year, but we’ve really had to cut down our standard of living in the last few years.
Things I thought I couldn’t live without, I’m doing fine without. I’m thinking about doing away with our cable TV, but we’re still not ready to cut that cord - we’ll probably do it though. I thought I’d never be able to give up getting my hair professionally colored, but I’ve even learned to do that myself. We keep our house between 65 and 67 in the winter & dress warmly. One thing I’ve noticed is that I’m not getting nearly as many colds as I used to get - I wonder if there is a connection?
Thank you very much for your suggestion. I just checked out their website. Seems like a **very** good deal!
The taxes on our cell phone bill **REALLY** galls me! I'd be willing to go straight “magicjack” just to stick it to the government by not paying the taxes.
Magicjack has voice mail. If people wanted to call me they could just leave a message and I could call them back at my convenience.
If you have a basement, or even a garage, you can string clothesline in there for use in foul weather.
Of course we had a gas war once and it did go down to .15 for a couple of days.
But I’m not worried....Obama will provide.....
He’ll pay my mortgage and provide gas for my cr.....
Well, #12 will certainly add some moisture to the air, and it might even speed drying since the warm, saturated steamy air rises out of the dishwasher and is replaced by dryer air. However, in both cases, they only serve to speed up the transfer of heat into the room. If you open the door, the oven or dishwasher heat exits into the room quickly, but if you do not, the same amount of heat will eventually dissipate into the room. But it will do so more slowly.
Good suggestion about “dropping” the land line. :-)
There are three ways to get broadband: land line, cable, satellite. We use land line. It costs $27/month for the broadband and has no phone option included in this service. For us and where we live this is the best option for getting broadband.
I think it is time to reevaluate our phone options: land line, cell, Skype, and magicjack. We should probably do a reevaluation every 6 months or so.
It is possible to get along without cell or land line phone and go to Skype or magicjack exclusively. We could buy disposable cell at Wall Mart for those rare times that we absolutely have to have one.
I know someone who spends more on a satellite TV subscription per month than I pay for utilities. And a lot of the channels are infomercials or reruns of old shows. What a waste of money.
I traded a full cord of hickory this AM for eggs for a year ! I eat eggs for breakfast only , maybe two dozen a week at best yet it only took me an hour to cut and split a full cord. And the wood was free where I got it. And the person I bartered with is a good friend . I have thus far added a cow elk, a mule deer and two white tails to the freezer this fall. Root cellar is full, canned goods stocked and no more empty ball mason jars. A canning is DONE !
Harvest is on the shelf and in the freezers.
There was one self serve in Glendale that sold 120 octane for $0,169 that could be used for the high dollar races.
I have saved lots and lots of money like that over the years.
My kids hate crunchy towels...lol...but I love them! And find me a rich person who sleeps on sheets hung out to dry, crisp and fragrant. They're not allowed to hang sheets outside in rich neighborhoods...
I believe that some money should be spent on excellent sheets, mattresses, pillows and coverings. Bad bedding is a false economy.
So we as Americans have worked this hard to live like savages eating stray dogs while crapping on the floor of a mud hut?
This suggestion is nuts.
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