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I find it a challenge to find ways to save money and spend less on things like utilities. The electric bill is an especially fun challenge.  Anything with a heating element is a huge energy sucker. So those are the first I target. Of course my family does not get nearly as excited as I do [...]

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a guest post by my dear friend Tawra… Winning the Credit Card Game By Michael and Tawra Kellam http://www.LivingOnADime.com We were able to pay off $20,000 in debt in 5 years on $22,000 a year income by taking advantage of low interest rate credit card offers. We saved $67,000 in interest on that $20,000 by [...]

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10 ways to squeeze a chicken ideas 10 Ways to Squeeze a Chicken recipe ideas – 1 page article adapted from 10 Ways to Squeeze a Chicken e-cookbook (not yet released)   With a big family and an unpredictable income I have learned to be quite creative! In keeping with my frugal dime squeezing reputation, I [...]

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Every week on the way to church we get the Sunday paper. I rarely read the Sunday paper, but I spend the $1.25 anyways. Can you guess why? For the ads of course! And even if I barely buy any groceries I always save much more than $1.25. If cheese is on sale, I could save [...]

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101 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY 101 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY – study guide   Some days it seems like instead of us squeezing the dime, the dime is squeezing us. So every once in awhile it helps to bounce ideas off of one another. There are of course thousands of ways to save money so [...]

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you can find the cheapest gas in your area by going to this site and putting in your zip code http://autos.msn.com/everyday/GasStations.aspx?

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Remember my buckets and buckets of green tomatoes? The ones we picked even though they were green because we had a freeze in the forcast? Well with some of them we made “green sauce” like you normally would with tomatillos, but the others on the windowsill? They are ripening! Never be afraid to try something [...]

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