DIY
Great DIY Home Remedies
Desperate for pain relief? Give one of these great home remedies a try…
Eliminate ear mites… All it takes is a few drops of Wesson Corn Oil in your cat’s or dog’s ear… massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat’s skin, smothers the mites, [...]
13 Ways to Save Money This Winter
Frank wrote a nice article yesterday regarding things to do financially before the end of the year. Those are routine maintenance tips that should serve you well as we wrap up 2008 in a very turbulent time, economically.
Another way to save money is to limit how much you spend heating your home. Winter is vicious [...]
10 Creative Uses for Coffee Filters
Who would have thought that coffee filters would be found so useful? I am not sure exaclty but I might be addicted to these random tips for around the house. If you have extra coffee filters around the house, read on and check out This Old House there are some other really awesome tips there as well…check [...]
No More Pricey Pedicures with PedEgg
Andrea wrote us yesterday wanting to let us (and our readers) know about a way to save money by not getting expensive pedicures. She suggests a PedEgg to remove dry callous skin (eww) and better maintain your tootsies for a low one time price of $9.99. These can be found at Bed, Bath & Beyond, [...]
Money Is Pouring Out of Your Home
Where you might ask? Apparantly, right there in the middle of your living room. Allow me to elaborate…
As it gets colder, the idea of putting the heat on gets higher and higher on the list of things to do. (Also, don’t forget about your outside hose bibs!) Naturally, you want to keep the heat in [...]
10 Steps to Retire a Millionaire
We have talked about this before numerous times and it seems as though Investopedia has made their own list, very similarly to ours. Its a decent list of steps to take, and we appreciate the fact that they focus on the end objective being retirement not buying something superfluous.
1. Set the Goal
Nobody plans to fail, [...]
16 Great Tips for Around the House
Thanks to our readers, and a few more tips from us, here’s another post of great tips to use around your house. Check out the original post titled, 27 Great Tips for Around the House. Do you have any tips that aren’t included? Leave a comment and let us in on the secret and see [...]
12 Important Moving Tips to Help Save Money
As I said yesterday, I recently moved and have quite a few tips that will help you save money and time. To start, lets talk about the actual moving process…
Make a list. We put a number on every box we packed and indexed on a notepad. So now when I am running around the new [...]
Losing Money To Vampire Power?
After a brief hiatus of buying a foreclosure, rehabbing it and moving in, I am back on schedule. Thank you Frank for filling in on your nights off, I owe you one! Now, in light of Halloween approaching…
Naturally, I have about a thousand new tips for this whole process but something came across my [...]
Top 10 Tips To Save Money From The Home Depot
The Home Depot wants to know how you save energy in your home in its “Save Money. Save Energy. Win Big.” energy savings video contest. Just shoot a short video to show how you are saving money and helping the environment by making your home more energy efficient.
Log on to www.homedepot.com/youtube to enter your video [...]
12 Hot Tips to Save Water
Even though summer is coming to a close, we should still keep in mind that we need to save money and resources. By resources, I mean the ones that have the most direct impact on us. One of the easiest ways to save is by saving water. Not only will this save money, but water as [...]
Milk Your Money Was On the Radio!
Last Thursday, Frank and I had the unique opportunity of being on the air in an interview with Andrea at AskAndrea.com in Texas (WBAP). Its a national station that wanted to discuss our 27 Tips Around the House as well as talk about our main philosophy of helping our readers make milk the most of [...]
27 Great Tips for Around the House
[UPDATE: Click Here for more Tips!] Some of you may have heard of these before but we couldn’t resist letting our readers know of a few extremely helpful tips that could not only save you money but could even save your life!
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won’t have to pick the little ’stringy [...]
Be Careful Not to Chase the Latest ETF Craze
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) have increased in popularity over the last couple of years and in my opinion deservedly so. ETFs are investments similar to mutual funds in that they hold more than one stock or bond and they usually track indexes as big as the S&P 500 or as little as gold and real estate. [...]
Labor Day Weekend Savings
Labor Day is known to be the unofficial (or official to some, I guess) end of summer. We get a long weekend and the roads are insanely crowded by travelers trying to squeeze in one last trip. School is starting and its our last hurrah before the fall. I am taking part: Wedding in Colonial [...]
