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Simple Living Challenge Day 11: Using Substitutions
Household Substitutions One of my biggest money saving tips is to use household substitutions. But it is also one of the best ways to keep things simple for cooking. There are many items you can substitute for other ingredients. I have often realized I am out of an ingredient and gone to the internet to…
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5 Easy Ways to Lower Your Electric Bill and Gas Bill
This post on 5 Easy ways to lower your gas and electric bill is sponsored by PG&E. All opinions and words are my own The weather is changing, and it is time to find easy ways to lower your gas and electric bill. While there are lots of things you could do to save money…
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Living on a Budget
In my last post I wrote about Dave Ramsey and his program. One of the musts in the Dave Ramsey program is to live on a budget. This is something we did for a while but until we really sat down and did it correctly we were just writing down some numbers and forgetting about…



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