Archive > March 2009

Travel or Honeymoon Planning: Car Rentals 101

G’day All,
Ahhh planning.  Planning, planning, planning.  My cup is about to runneth over with different tiny things to plan.
But last week, I was able to check off “RENT A CAR FOR HONEYMOON”.
Yay!
To be sure: I have never rented a car, so I had to do a little bit of research first, and here are a few [...]

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Homemade Saltine Cracker-Toffee Treats

Greetings Reader-eeno’s,
I haven’t posted much in the way of tasty-simple recipes in awhile.  Seeing as how it’s almost Easter—you know, the time when you have several family gatherings that require not just your presence but “a dish to share”, I thought I’d post this simple homerun dessert (it’s frugal, and it only makes like two dishes [...]

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45 Ways to Save on Groceries

Here is a list I saw on a great Blog called “Five Cent Nickel” (www.fivecentnickel.com).  
I digg it because even if you only utilize a handful of these ideas regularly, you are bound to save some jing.  I try to be in the habit of doing most of these things, and I regularly save 50%—thereby reducing [...]

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Swap a DVD—-neat service :)

Greetings,
About a year ago, I joined a free program called “Swap a DVD“.  In a nutshell, this is a nationwide group of “Joe the Plumber’s” who send their used DVD’s to each other, and then receive used DVD’s of their choosing in return.
There are also Swap-a-dvd versions for books and for cd’s. 
Now, this whole thing is based [...]

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Free Internet Phone Service?? Thanks, Google!

Greetings,
I just heard about a new and free service that Google is rolling out to the general public (that’s you and I) in a few weeks….this should directly compete eith Ebay’s free Skype internet-phone service.
Here’s the Linksy-poo: https://www.google.com/voice/about 
Have a Great Weekend,
~Penny

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Home Owner Rescue Plan Outline

Greetings,
My apologies for not posting of late—I have (as usual) had tons of things to say, and no time to type them into semi-cohesive paragraphs for y’all to decipher.
When I saw the following info, however: I knew I had to share it with you guys ASAP…
For those that are NOT home owners, and haven’t been [...]

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