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Five Legal Music Sites that Can Save Money
A love of music can be an expensive love. Over the past four decades, I have watched my 8 track tape, vinyl LP and compact disc collections become varying degrees of obsolete. In the case of the eight track tape, I rejoiced in its demise. In the case of the vinyl LP [...]
Things You Never Thought To Do at the Library
The library is an awesome, low cost place to hang out. But once you’ve read all the books, taken all the classes and surfed everything on the web, what else is there? Try these suggestions to make the most of your tax dollars.
Find a date – Forget online dating websites. Choose your next date [...]
Batter Up! Eight Things to Consider when Your Child Plays Youth Sports
If you have kids, you have probably endured seasons of organized youth sports. Baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, swimming, volleyball – the list of options for kids is seemingly endless and can keep them occupied from January to December. If your kid wants to play a lot of different sports, it can [...]
10 Less Obvious Family Entertainment Ideas
What is family entertainment? First, let’s take a look at the definition of these two words.
Entertainment - Something that diverts, amuses, or occupies the attention agreeably.
Family - A group of people living together and functioning as a single household.
Seems pretty self-explanatory, doesn’t it? So why do we spend so much time sprawled out in front [...]
Saving Money Can Be Social
Why do many people opt to spend rather than save money? Because saving isn’t fun. It’s not as much fun as going to the movies, or out to eat, or to an amusement park. And why is that? Because many of the things we do for entertainment are social. They get us out amongst other [...]
Financial Lessons From Fantasy Football
Our personal finances mirror many things in life, and fantasy football is no exception. Wittingly or not, we apply many of the same tactics to succeed in both. At the risk of using way too many football analogies in one article, here it goes:
An Investment In Your Future
First and foremost, fantasy football is an investment. [...]
What The Wizard of Oz Taught Me About Finance
The Wizard of Oz was a big deal when I was a kid. It only played on television once a year, and I made sure I didn’t miss it. Of course I didn’t realize it at the time, but this movie provides young viewers with solid examples of adult finances in terms a kid can [...]
Vacation Homes - Cheaper than You Think
There was a time when I thought a weeklong vacation to Hilton Head would be outrageously expensive — either that or I’d have to stay at a less-than-desirable hotel 15 miles from the beach to make it affordable. In my seemingly never-ending quest to find the best deal on everything, I serendipitously stumbled upon [...]
Adjusting From Single to Family Entertainment Costs
When I was a younger man, I used to spend most of my free time at night hopping from concerts to films to theatrical productions. It was easy then. I needed only to purchase tickets for myself and I could often find a way to get myself added to guest lists. As [...]
Should We Cut Out Entertainment During Difficult Financial Times?
“When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes,” Desiderius Erasmus has been quoted as saying. If he read like I do (more for fun than for education), he was budgeting for entertainment before necessities. He certainly would not be alone. Today, [...]
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