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Earn Money with Your iPad or Tablet

Take advantage of your iPad or Tablet to earn money. With the iPad or Tablets capabilities, you can pad your bank account with some extra cash. Here is how. Selling Books Grab your iPad or tablet and head to the nearest thrift store. Using apps, you can scan promising looking books and find out exactly how much they are worth in the resell market. This means that books you can purchase for 50 cents or a dollar could be worth much, much, more. Don’t forget to hit yard sales as well, where you may be able to pick up an … Continue reading →

Free Music, Movies, and More!

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Freebies are fabulous! Many of us are trying to stay on a budget, and don’t have a lot of extra money to spend on non-essential items. That is part of what makes a freebie so special. It doesn’t cost you any money to get it! Here are some freebies on music, movies, and more. Get them before they are gone! Amazon is giving away their entire “25 Songs of Summer” album for free! As you might expect, there are 25 different songs to choose from. You can listen to a sample of each song before you download it, or you … Continue reading →

25 Inexpensive but Fun Ways to Spend Together Time with Your Spouse.

Yesterday’s blog featured the importance of sharing common interests and spending time together as couple, talking and being involved in each other’s interests and lives. Sadly too many couples seem to live almost independent of each other these days and do not put enough emphasis and value on spending time together. No matter how busy life is, I can’t stress how important it is to maintain your relationship and make sure you keep a regular date night or time together without family. So here are 21 ideas, most of which won’t cost the earth: 1. Cook a meal and go … Continue reading →

A Message from Leonardo DiCaprio

I was looking in my Yahoo inbox the other day and I see an email titled “A Message from Leonardo DiCaprio.” Woohoo! Okay, it wasn’t THAT type of message, but he is an honorary board member of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and was sending out an email about the IFAW’s Animal Action theme this year, which is “Under One Sky.” Actually, this week is Animal Action Week and “Under One Sky” was created to highlight “the importance of protecting biodiversity, habitat, and ecosystems,” according to Leonardo. For four decades now, the IFAW has been trying to spread … Continue reading →

Exploring Summer Movies

My kids and I are anxious for the “Prince Caspian” movie release on May 16th. This past week we’ve been reading the book together. One of the boys was so into the book that he snuck it to bed with him the last two nights. The kids have also been looking online to find news about the movie and trailers that we can watch. Reading the book and searching for trailers is a fun way to build up our excitement, but it also will make the movie mean more. In the old days (when the dinosaurs ruled the earth – … Continue reading →

Rent Movies on ITunes and Other Apple News

In Apple news today, a rumor that users will be able to rent movies on iTunes has been confirmed. Apple forged a deal with 20th Century Fox to make movies and videos available for rent through Apple’s iTunes music store. These movies and videos will be recent releases. It is not yet clear how the movies and videos will be rented, if it is for a subscription-based service or a fee per download. Currently, movies and videos can be purchased, but not rented, through the iTunes store, through the Walt Disney studio, the current exclusive resource for movies and videos … Continue reading →

Look What You Can Get In Airport Vending Machines Now

Forget about bite-size chocolate chip cookies and mini bags of Doritos, these days airport vending machines are offering goods that will have you digging for credit card instead of loose change. Diapers, blood pressure cuffs, iPods, and laptops… in a vending machine? Oh yes. And you can’t miss them. Companies including Shop24, PowerPort and Zoom Systems are placing their massive machines filled with deluxe goodies in airports throughout the country. They stand in high traffic areas and are prime for impulse purchases by travelers on the go. The larger than life vending machines have been popular in Europe and Asia … Continue reading →

LDS.org Downloadable Goodies

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If you’ve been reading my blogs for more than three minutes, you already know that I’m something of a techongeek. I’d like to share another great download spot, in case you have missed it – the church’s website at www.lds.org. I think I’ve mentioned in the past that you can download the scriptures from the church, but that’s just the tip of the iceburg – albeit, a great tip! First, let me show you how to locate this wealth of information. It is amazingly simple. Type in the church’s web address. On the top left side of the page, you’ll … Continue reading →

4 Ways Clutter Can Cost You Money

It seems as if we are constantly on a mission to de-clutter our home. Things, especially toys, seem to keep on creeping in. I define clutter as anything Having a clutter-free home is always nice, but did you know that having clutter can be a very non frugal practice? actually cost you money? Here are four ways that clutter can cost you money. 1. When you are buying multiple copies of items. When you re-buy things you didn’t know you had. Some things that have a tendency to fall into this category include books, music and movies. Or if you … Continue reading →

Make Your Shoes Last Longer

If you want to save money on shoes, you can start with doing things to make them last longer. The less often you have to replace your shoes, the less money you will spend. Me? I’m hardly a shoe fanatic. While I like looking nice, I tend to go “under-board” on shoes. One of the ways I get away with this is by buying shoes in classic styles and then taking very good care of them, so they will last for years. Let’s start with sneakers. Sneakers tend to get a lot of abuse. I use mine both for everyday … Continue reading →