Category: Skills / Knowledge / DIY
Belated Black Friday Advice: Don’t Get Sucked In!
First, I wanted to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. Hopefully, you were able to enjoy a few days off work and to relax a bit. Second, if you’re reading this post now chances are this advice is too late as you’ve likely already done your Christmas shopping but if you’ve yet to do so and are…
Rent a Home to Save Money, Don’t Buy?
For the longest time the advice of nearly everyone, from your grandmother to your financial adviser is to BUY your home and NEVER to rent… after all, you’re just throwing your money away when renting, right? Well, I’m beginning to differ on this and I’ll explain why in a moment. Currently, you should realize that we’re…
Cancel Monthly, Yearly Subscriptions: Save Hundreds to Thousands of Dollars!
I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of first signing up for Amazon Prime. Thus far I’ve been fairly happy with the service as I feel like I got more from the subscription than I ever intended. FYI, my entire interest in joining was so that I could get two day shipping on Amazon Prime…
Turn Down That Thermostat… Put on Some Darn Clothing!
Ever since we’ve moved to the Pacific Northwest I’ve had a slight fascination with our electricity bill, well, after we got our first bill anyway. It was a big one! Or, at least, the bill was much more than I expected. Obviously, these numbers will vary quite a bit from location to location and dependent on…
Trick Your Kids and Stockpile Their Candy!
Seeing as though today is one of the BEST holidays for kids, I figured I would also point out that today is a great time to potentially “trick” your kids and stockpile a portion of their free candy haul-ins. 😉 Let me explain… In my opinion, most children get entirely too much candy in one day.…
Enter Giveaways Regularly: Win Big, Save Money!
I got to thinking about giveaways just the other day as a possible way to save money on items I would want, need, or just to have for free. Obviously, the odds of winning any particular giveaway are rather small depending on the number of applicants but if you choose to scale the number of…
Homemade Breadsticks: Better Than Olive Garden Breadsticks!
Last week I showed how we make 6-ingredient DIY whole wheat bread. Not only did we make more of that delicious bread that you really should try if you haven’t done so yet, we wound up making some super delicious homemade breadsticks too. These happen to be my father-in-laws “super secret” recipe… or something like…
How I Saved a Thousand Dollars or More Buying a Car
I don’t know if you’ll think this is a frugal idea or not but I do. IMO, being frugal isn’t just about making DIY products or being uber-cheap, it’s also about getting the best deal on things you need. In this case, we needed a second car and I *think* I found a great way…
6 Ingredient DIY Whole Wheat Bread
I usually enjoy making homemade bread, at least, when things work out properly. When they don’t–mostly because the bread didn’t rise as expected–I tend to despise the process just a little. Yes, I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with making bread. In my opinion, homemade bread making is part science and part art……
