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25. Switch Drinks
CWAHM reader Tricia Kongos offers this tip: “Order water to drink at restaurants instead of soda.” This will not only cut down on your bill every time you eat out, but will also eliminate calories from your diet.
26. Use Expiring Items
Make a point to put food items that are nearing their expiration front and center so they will be used first. A study by by the Natural Resources Defense Council reports that Americans throw aw -
Blog post22. Make a monthly budget
“ If you don’t know the magic number of how much you spend each month on food, clothing, gasoline, car washes, eating out, etc., you’ll never know where you can trim the fat and save money! You might not realize that your family spends $400/month on fast food and restaurants until you take the time to add up each transaction!! Then you can decide if that’s a reasonable amount for your budget or if you need to lower that amount! It’s so much easier to SAVE money -
Blog post19. Shop Off-season
This tip comes from Roshanda Pratt, CWAHM’s Media Director. Roshanda says that to save money she often shops in the off season, for example buy winter clothes in the spring, etc.
– Roshanda Pratt
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20. Keep It Cool
CWAHM reader Tricia Kongos shares one way that her family has found that helps save money by keeping heating costs down in the winter: “Turn thermostat down in the winter and wear a sweats -
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Blog post16. Homemade Soap
Another way to keep a little extra cash in your wallet it to make homemade hand soap. There are hundreds of recipes and ideas out there, but here’s one to get you started: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/responsible-living/stories/easy-homemade-soap
17. Cut Out Vices
This one seems simple, but actually putting it into practice can be much more difficult. However, cutting out vices like smoking, liquor, etc can save you hundreds of dollars a month. If yo -
Blog postThis past week the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were having a conversation. Of course, it was more like a monologue, but you know how that works.
We were thinking back over the years of our life together and reminding ourselves of some of the great and wonderful times we have had. The friends we have made. The activities we have enjoyed together. Of course, there were the grandchildren and my wife had a great time talking about the grandchildren and I chuckling along with -
Blog post13. Cut Out Fast Food
This one is SO hard for me. I love to bake, but cooking is not one of my favorite things to do. However, eating out adds up QUICK. So, to save some extra money each month, consider cutting out as much away-from-home eating as possible. Make it a game and see how many meals you can eat at home and then reward yourself in some inexpensive way.
14. Stop Spending
In our culture, living on less can be very difficult. We’re bombarded with new things that we -
Blog postWhen my kids were little, we used to make fun of the disrespectful, lazy, reprobate teenagers that frequented the neighborhood. We’d see them riding their bike the wrong way in traffic, saying bad words, or damaging property. I’d look at my boys, shake my head disapprovingly, and say, “Teenagers.”
Soon they started doing it too. When a group of drunk teens tried to pull an alligator out of the sewer in front of our house (hey, it was Florida), one of my kids looked and me and said, “t -
Blog postI pride myself with the ability to express myself with the proper wording. I enjoy words and seeing how they relate one to another. Unfortunately, it has not always the case.
I have found through the years that I have developed quite the art of stuttering. It happens at the most inconvenient moments.
It is like the story of Honest Abe Lincoln and his wife. The story is not true of course, but it is very interesting. Mrs. Lincoln asks Honest Abe, “Does this dress make me look f -
Blog postOnce you have launched your online business, it’s now time to bring potential customers to your virtual platform. You may be wondering: how do I do that? Make sure to follow the five tips listed below to help market your brand to the masses.
Building Trust While you will have taken steps to ensure your online business is safe and secure to use, there will still be customers who are wary of your page and unsure whether they can trust you. There are ways that you can instill confidence -
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10. Make Your Own Jewelry
Sometimes a girl needs a little sparkle and jewelry can do just that. Jewelry, however can be pricey and many times it’s “unnecessary” things like this that get cut when the budget needs to be trimmed down. So, why not learn how to make your own jewelry? Find ideas and how-to’s online and create your own masterpieces – many times using items you already have on hand!
11. Take Up Canning
What better way is there to keep expensive fr -
Blog post7. Shop Thrifty
One fun way to save money is to buy second-hand. Shop thrift stores for great deals on home decor, kids clothing, all kinds of things! I was looking for new lamps for our guest room a few weeks ago and didn’t want to spend a fortune on a room that only gets used a few times a year. I stopped in at our local Goodwill and found a set up lamps for less than $10. I plan to spray paint them to freshen them up and add some matching lampshades that my parents gave me. W -
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4. Sell Used & Unwanted Items
Another way to save some money is to sell your unused and unwanted items and use that cash to buy groceries or other necessities. This can be a little time consuming, so if possible, set aside a day each month to make returns.
5. Cut Out A Car Payment
When I first began working from home, we quickly realized that we had more bills than we had money for. One solution that we came up with was to sell one -
Blog postContrary to what many believe, working at home isn’t all about making money. A big part of being a work-at-home mom (or dad) is finding ways to save money. For the next 30 days or so, we’ll be sharing ideas to help you keep more money in your wallet.
1. Cut Cable
One of the first ways that we began cutting costs at home was to go through all of our bills and see which of them we could eliminate. Cable was one expense we found that we could cut out fairly easily. We did eventuall -
Blog postAs entrepreneurs working with clients is absolutely what we have the pleasure to do day in and day out. And 99% of the time, that works splendidly. However, there are those one percenters who without taking charge could derail the whole process. Here’s a list of challenging clients and what you can do to keep your business running smoothly.
Free Consult Client – We all get them. Those potential clients who set up a call to discuss working with you and before long it’s quite evide -
Blog postMy son goes to a charter school and has to wear khaki’s and a polo shirt. His uniform had about two inches of growth room in the legs and about the same in the waist and arms. He’s thirteen, so he grew. Overnight. First his legs grew along with his waist. He had to shimmy into his pants one weekday morning. I saw all of his socks and they were not even close to white. Boys are nasty.
A week later, he grew another inch. The next morning the sleeves on his long sleeve polo shirts -
Blog postI’ve been reading in 2 Chronicles lately, through my daily bible reading plan. It always amazes me amidst all the wars and violence of the Old Testament there are verses tucked away that speak to me. One verse in ch. 25 is, v. 2: “Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, but not wholeheartedly.” It appears he started off well, but it didn’t stick. [he didn’t finish well?] He did seek God via a prophet and in verse 9b it states: “The man of God replied, “the Lord is able to giv
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Blog postIn my last article, I listed ten ideas for business events on your blog or website and in this article, I would like to offer ideas for promoting those events. By holding various events on your blog or website you are giving people an incentive for visiting your website and you are also stirring up more interest in what you have to offer.
Events are an excellent way to get people to interact with your site and business. And by creating more interaction, you are makin -
Blog postVacations mean different things to different people. For me, the vacation means I am vacating one place and going to another place to do nothing.
Recently, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and me vacated the parsonage to go to some place where we could major on doing nothing. We have mastered this over the years.
My definition of “nothing” is quite different from my wife’s definition.
My definition is simply that I spend the day doing nothing.
My wife’s d -
Blog postIf I haven’t mentioned before that I’m a geek, this article will surely prove it.
I’d like to start out by mentioning one of my great Star Wars quotes from the Bible.
“From the Bible,” you ask? Yes. And it has a great implication for Dads – especially as your kids enter middle and high school.
Some of you still aren’t convinced that Star Wars quotes the Bible. If you’d like to stop reading right now and leave a comment as your guess what it is; then d -
Blog postAs a work-at-home-mom or dad, you’re excited about the launch of your new company and website. You have done your homework and know you’re offering great products and/or services at reasonable prices. Now, you need the customers and orders to start rolling in.
In order to assist as many potential customers as possible, it’s important to find ways to streamline customer support to your new website and company. While some of your clients may want to call you directly, others might prefe
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