Saturday, September 23, 2017

Gardeners' Holidays 2017: Harvest Home

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According to the calendar—and this cute  Google Doodle —yesterday marked the start of fall. But just like last year , the weather remains st...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Money Crashers: Top 13 Tuition-Free Colleges

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As the old joke goes, the best way to succeed in life is to choose your parents wisely. Brian and I are a case in point. We were both lucky ...
Sunday, September 17, 2017

Yard-Sale Index

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It's the weekend of the annual town-wide yard sale in Highland Park, and Brian and I spent most of yesterday out hunting for interesting...

Money Crashers: Best Affordable Tabletop Games

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Regular readers of this blog will know that Brian and I are big fans of board games. We have a large collection of games at home, and we reg...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

Money Crashers: How to Avoid Miracle Health Scams & Fraudulent Health Products

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Just a quick update here to let you know about my latest Money Crashers post, in which I discuss miracle health remedies—which is to say, mi...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Money Crashers: 6 Ways a Pressure Cooker Can Save You Money in the Kitchen

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Since we got our little pressure cooker back in 2011, we've discovered all kinds of things we can do with it. It's not great for po...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

Recipes of the Month: Fun with quinoa

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Last weekend, we made our first official Costco run since  signing up for membership in July. We stocked up on a bunch of things we'd f...