6 Healthy Habits That Can Make You Sick | Healthy and Green Living
1. Over-Exercising
2. Staying Out of the Sun
3. Using Antibacterial Soaps and Gels
4. Sleeping (to much/To little)
5. Relying on Air Conditioning (recycled air)
6. Eating Organic Food (just because it's organic doesn't mean it's good for you!)
6 Healthy Habits That Can Make You Sick | Healthy and Green Living
Green Holidays
How to Green your Holidays. While not all of their suggestions might be plausible for everyone, they still have some nice tips. Even doing one or two things will help.
Why Frugal Is Fabulous, Cool, \"the new black\"
This is a really great article I wanted to share.
Why Frugal Is Fabulous, Cool, \"the new black\"
Our Best Bites: Easy Halloween Party Food
Our Best Bites: Easy Halloween Party Food
This site has some great ideas for Halloween food, makes me wish I was having a Halloween party!
Seven Tips to Help With Household Budgeting
This was recently passed along on a mailing list I am on, Thanks Kimmie!
Seven Tips to Help With Household Budgeting
1. Keep your financial records organized and your filing up to date. Have a set of file folders for items such as receipts, bills, canceled checks, checking account statements, etc. Have a designated place where you keep or can easily assemble your master budget, your financial files, checkbook, etc. so it is all in one convenient location.
2. Avoid spending cash, unless you are good at writing down cash expenses in a journal. It is all too easy to get $100 from the ATM and then have no idea where it all went at the end of the week. If you have trouble figuring out where your cash gets spent, keep a small amount of cash on hand for minor purchases. For everything else, try to pay by either a paper check, online checking or through credit cards so you have a record of your purchases. Credit cards are a good way to track purchases unless you have trouble controlling your spending. If this applies to you, then avoid credit card purchases and focus on keeping track of your expenses in a journal or by paying for items by check.
3. Give your children a set allowance for things like movies, CDs, snacks and toys instead of just giving them money on as needed basis. Giving children an allowance teaches them to make wise spending choices at an early age. A twelve year old who spends all of his allowance right away on CDs and then doesn't have enough money to go to the movies with his friends on the weekend has just learned a good lesson on the negative consequences of impulse spending.
4. Have a system in place for handling the mail. If you are not in the habit of misplacing bills or checks, good for you. Keep on using whatever system you have in place now. However, if losing track of bills is an issue at your house, it may help to have a designated mail drop box inside the house. Each family member should be instructed that whoever brings in the mail that day should always put the mail in the designated mail box for later sorting. Then the family member who has responsibility for sorting the mail should do so near the financial folders. That way checks get put right away in the check folder, bills in the bill folder, etc.
5. Avoid going to stores where you have had problems overspending in the past. Our neighbors stopped shopping at warehouse clubs and actually ended up saving money. They found they spent more money by not being able to resist all of the warehouse club bargains on products they really didn't need than they would by just getting their food at the local grocery store.
6. Have written, long term savings goals. Some sample goals might be getting out of debt, saving for a college, or building a retirement fund. It helps to avoid spending money on day to day purchases if you have financial goals in mind. Not having any compelling reasons to save makes it easier to fritter away money on small day to day purchases instead of saving for the long term.
7. Have a set time each week to review and pay the bills. If you have the money to pay your bills, there is no point in getting unneeded late fees due to disorganization or lost bills. If you make $15 an hour after taxes, then to make up for just one $30 late fee you would have to work an extra two hours to cover the fee.
Getting organized is one of the first steps to gaining control of your budget. Avoiding unnecessary late fees, paying bills on time, and having a good system in place for filing and paying your bills can all help to keep your household budget on the right track.
Source: Always Frugal by S. L. Simmons
How To Get A Free Education Online. | My Two Dollars
How To Get A Free Education Online. | My Two Dollars
My Two dollars (A fellow blog) has some great tips on getting Free educational material. Including MIT & University of Berkley.
Flu.gov
Flu.gov
For those of you who might be worried about H1N1 flu, or even the regular flu. There is now this lovely site that gives you all sorts of wonderful information. Including an online quiz to see if you have H1N1. Though it is a very short quiz. It is also in favor of the Vaccine. (I have a complete fear of needles, so I try to avoid them at all costs.) But it does have further information on the differences between the two types of flu that are going around lately.
If It Prints, I’ll Let You Know – Printer & Ink Cartridges Blog – Save Money With Online Printer Cartridge Coupons
Most people get their printer cartridges from stores, office stores, chain stores such as target, or even your local drugstores have them these days, one way to save money is to check online. This blog talks about how you can save 30%-50% on the cost of Ink Cartridges from sites online. Personally I get mine from Amazon.com. My printer takes 6 different individual cartridges, and last time I had to get them they were $14.95 for all 6. They start at about $10.00 a piece in the stores, even in stores that specialize in Printer Supplies.
Some people say that you can save money by refilling cartridges. In my experience, they don't last as long when being refilled. (I work for a place that refills them too) But even that isn't as cheap as getting them online.
How To Get Rid Of an Ice Cream Headache Video | General Cooking Videos | Howcast.com
How To Get Rid Of an Ice Cream Headache Video | General Cooking Videos | Howcast.com
I saw this in my email, and thought this was to funny not to post. It's one of those problems almost everyone has, though it's not very serious.
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