Dear Readers:  I’d like to turn to you for some thoughts and advice on this.

Here’s the situation.  We live in a lovely condo in a planned community alongside a [...] Continue Reading…

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I’d learned about using a Price Book first from The Tightwad Gazette, but also found this great post on the topic at another great blog, No Credit Needed. 

I’m going [...] Continue Reading…

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Just got this coupon in my email today. I thought I’d pass it along in case any readers wear contacts.

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So, I don’t know about your house, but here we do Halloween to the hilt. It’s about the only fun, low-pressure holiday out there. Nobody gets bent out of [...] Continue Reading…

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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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