Consumers across America experience sticker shock with their monthly electrical bills. While kilowatt rates vary by vendor, a national increase is being seen across the country, year after year. With the enactment of the Clear Air Interstate Rule from the Environmental Protection Agency, 31 states are required to substantially reduce power-plant emissions. Specifically, power plants […]
9 Simple Ways to Save Money on Your Groceries
I hate groceries!! Looking at our budget, our bulk of spending goes to groceries! How is that? Things seem to get more expensive each day and with 3 growing boys (2 of which are nearly grown!), it can get downright ridiculous! To make things a little bit easier on everyone, I have compiled 9 simple […]
Money Saving Tips for New Parents!
For those who have just recently become new parents, child care, raising a family, and maintaining some form of financial security throughout this process can seem like an incredibly daunting task. Trust me… I have had THREE new babies 😉 Juggling the responsibilities of caring for a newborn infant, preserving your family integrity and/or relationships […]
Money Tips Most Kids Don’t Learn (and How I’m Teaching My Children)
As a freelance writer, a mom, and our home’s financial manager and coupon clipper, I’m an avid Pocket Your Dollars fan. I especially like Carrie Rocha’s Six Questions About Money series, because it’s so interesting to read how other people handle their families’ finances, and how their exposure to money in childhood shaped their thinking about […]
Put cash in your pocket with every shopping trip.
Put cash in your pocket with every shopping trip. Download the free app from ibotta.com Ibotta is a fun and easy way to earn $20 or more each time you go shopping. The more you use it, the better and more personalized your offers become. Here’s how it works Choose Products Before shopping, choose your […]
Five Ways to Save Money at the Supermarket
Times are tough. Many families are looking for ways to save money anywhere they can. This often means looking at the grocery bill. It’s not uncommon for a family to spend $500 to a $1000 dollars on food each month. If you can save money at the grocery store, you can really help balance your […]
Stop Teaching Your Kids To Be Lazy!
Ok, so it has been a very long time since I ranted about stuff in my own home town… today, it is grabbing me by the neck. I have tossed and turned about this. I have Prayed over it. I have sat on it for long enough. A few weeks ago, my husband wrote a […]
Blogging Basics: Make Money With Other Services
So, I said the other day to a friend of mine that I had made about 1700 dollars on my blogs in the past few weeks. Yes, I am totally serious! That is a long way from me making 4 cents in 6 months isn’t it? After the crazy 12 weeks to goal event that […]
Blogging Basics: Making Money With Your Blog
As BlogHer 2011 quickly approaches, I am thinking more and more about spending money while I am in San Diego. Consequently, that has me thinking about making money with my blog. I do much better now and make several hundreds dollar each month, but I also pay an assistant most of that money. Yeah, yeah… […]
Three Great Tips: How to Use the Web to Save Money
Please welcome Ann back to 3 Boys and a Dog! She always brings us awesome information and this time is no different. ~Kelli No matter how hard we work or how much money we manage to save, there always seems to be some special occasion turning up to try and separate us from our hard […]
Coupons Do Work – If you Know How to Use Them
You know that while I am not a big spender, I am not a frugalista! Please welcome Claire to 3 Boys and a Dog to help us understand the whole couponing craze! ~Kelli When I started my saving money journey many years ago, I firmly believed that coupons were not effective money-savers. I also thought […]
Can Living Green Save You Money?
By: Katrina Miller Katrina couldn’t decide what she wanted to blog about… being green or being frugal. I suggested she write about being green frugally! Personally, I think this TOS Crew Member did a fabulous job! Be sure to check her website for more green and frugal tips! I am very happy to have been […]