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Bad Bosses, Grateful Dead Finance Lessons, Food Forests and Carnivals

By , March 4th, 2012

Do you work for a boss that you don’t like? It may be having a much larger impact on you than you ever imagined. Recent research has found that a bad boss not only effects you at work, but also how everyone in your family relates to one another, your physical well-being and even an [...]


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Save Money On Gas: Avoid These 12 Gas Saving Myths

By , February 28th, 2012

With gas prices once again on the rise, more and more people will be looking for ways to save money on gas. In their pursuit to achieve this goal, they very well may end up hurting their pocket book. Many people assume that they are saving money on gas when they really aren’t. Here are [...]


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Cash Mobs, Huge Mark-Ups, Resume Tips and Carnivals

By , February 26th, 2012

Here are a few articles that I came across this past week that peaked my interest that may provide some good weekend reading: An interesting take to help locally owned businesses in difficult economic times. Cash Mobs are organizes customer groups that gather together to spend money at a specific struggling locally owned business in [...]


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50 Ways to Reuse Dryer Sheets

By , February 21st, 2012

I have to admit that I enjoy figuring out new ways to use things. I’ve never thought much of the lowly dryer sheet (sometimes referred to as a fabric softener sheet), but have come to learn that it can do a lot of wonderful things — even after it’s been used. You may be surprised [...]


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20 Ways NOT To Teach Your Kids About Money

By , February 20th, 2012

There’s a lot of talk about how parents can prepare their kids for financial independence, but it’s just as important to point out ways that parents can unknowingly hurt their children’s financial success. If you haven’t started teaching your kids about how to be financially responsible, now is the time to begin. It’s never too [...]


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Stores Know When You’re Pregnant, Upward Mobility Myth and Carnivals

By , February 19th, 2012

Here is some reading that I came across this past week that I found interesting. How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did: Kind of a scary article, but one that should wake you up to how much information stores can garner from your shopping habits. Stores are data mining [...]


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House Ads: Paying Off Your Mortgage Through Advertising?

By , February 15th, 2012

For anyone struggling to make their mortgage payment or whose house is currently upside down, the offer of someone paying your mortgage payments would seem like a dream come true. That is what an advertising company, Brainiacs From Mars, says it plans to do. They recently signed a deal with one homeowner to cover their [...]


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100 Ways To Show Your Love For Free

By , February 8th, 2012

I hate Valentine’s Day. It’s not because I’m not a romantic. I am (but don’t tell anyone). I hate it because it’s a holiday that makes a lot of people feel badly about themselves because of what they may not have on a particular day of the year. It’s worse than trying to keep up [...]


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Super Bowl Activities and Carnivals

By , February 5th, 2012

I love the Super Bowl, but probably not why you think. For me, the Super Bowl is a great time to do activities on a weekend without the crowds. It is a great day to go skiing as you have the slopes basically to yourself and none of the long lift lines for a winter [...]


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Top 5 Dying Regrets, Why I Won’t Have Them and Neither Should You

By , February 4th, 2012

One of the most important life lessons that we can all learn is to seriously listen to and consider the advice from those who have more experience than we do. When it comes to the end of our life, most of us are going to have some regrets. A nurse, Bronnie Ware, who spent years [...]


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