I own a small business, have a husband who works strange hours, and have kids, for us, a mobile phone is a necessary evil.

We hate the mobile phone expense. [...] Continue Reading…

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Do you ever have a hard time finding babysitters? We needed a part time nanny for a couple of years and had a really hard time finding someone [...] Continue Reading…

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Thanks to my friends at Seattle’s Child Magazine for pointing out that this Saturday Smithsonian Magazine is hosting Free Musuem Day around the country.

In the Seattle area there are [...] Continue Reading…

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Hello all! No, this isn’t an announcement of a new kid in the family–but a new partnership on the Penny-Wi$e Blog.  You might have noticed, the new button on [...] Continue Reading…

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This will be the first in a series of $1 dinners that I’m writing for an e-book on the subject.  Many will be posted here, and of course, your [...] Continue Reading…

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1st. I’m putting out a call for submissions. I’m planning to do a week of $1 dinners. If I get really ambitious, I may do an entire week of [...] Continue Reading…

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I was at a liquidator store a while back looking for some kids t-shirts for a girl-scout project and ran across a hefty grocery section. Normally, I’m not [...] Continue Reading…

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Garden if you can (garden maintenance is great for kids). If you’re like us, and you can’t garden, try containers for certain items. We have five herb containers on [...] Continue Reading…

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Our condo association pays our water bill, but reducing water use is an environmentally sound thing to do, so we try our best anyhow.

Here’s a few ways to reduce [...] Continue Reading…

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Create a wish-list and stick to it. You should never buy anything when pressed.

A friend of mine told me a story recently about spending some time sans refrigerator at [...] Continue Reading…

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