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Free Stuff

Museums in your area may offer free money off coupons.  When you go to their site to check out the hours etc, just take a peak and see if they offer discount coupons. Many will, some may not. I just checked out the Alcott House in Concord, MA and they have a save fifty cents [...]

Uncomfortable Feet

Are you treating your feet to the light weight, inexpensive, “hip” foot wear that lots of folks young and old wear today? Think about it, you are saving money now, your feet are getting air and that is good, but what about the long term effects…flat feet? If you get flat feet, and low arches, [...]

Stress

I am not sure exactly how this works, but it is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture below. The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress levels at St. Mary’s Hospital. Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. [...]

Department Stores

3 decades ago, we had some big department stores, and fewer giant malls, there were plazas to go to, but then the 2 and 3 story mall came about.   Sometimes I find it very interesting to walk around the malls, but when it comes to bargains, I prefer the old fashion department store. Think [...]

Kindness Matters

A couple of months ago I was invited to visit an old neighbor’s home and see what was going to be given away as she was headed to assisted living. I dropped by and only a few people were there.  I felt sad entering her home and looking around. Although I didn’t take anything that [...]

Barter

I suppose everyone has heard of bartering right?   Well a decade or more ago, it was pretty popular.  Yankee Magazine often had a section in the back for bartering.  Such as “will trade 1 week vacation house in Vermont for visit to the Denver Museum and 6 movie passes”.   Joining a barter association [...]

Careers

Before you decide you want a new career, investigate settings of new careers.  See if you can have an informational interview to find out of that career is going to be a good match. Does the career mean a lot of running around for you, and not so much for other employees at the same [...]

Easy read and don’t want to put down Books

Books of interest: A weight loss book Loosing it by Valerie Bertinelli I took the audio of this out of the library and Valerie narrated it herself.  She is so down to earth, what a great book with some solid advice for loosing weight.   Breakthrough Findings to Help you sail through Menopause, Hot Flashes, [...]

Water Purifiers

Okay, so my son came home from college and brought is Brita water purifier and plopped it in our frig so we can “borrow” it this summer till he goes back to college. Usually we use gallon jugs of bottled water to drink, and it’s inexpensive. This Brita has a filter that you replace every [...]

Hair Products

Let me see, there are thousands of hair products out there, do you have a favorite?   Do you decide by price or do you experiment with different ones or get referrals from friends? Some of the cheaper versions of hair color you buy in the supermarket seem to only last one week then turn [...]