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My tip this week could potentially save you $2000 or more!  If I had followed the advice I am giving you I would have started saving money sooner.  Swapping my homeowners policy to a different company is saving me over $2500.  Find out what you can save by getting new insurance quotes for your homeowners… Read more: How to Save a Quick $2000

The tip of the week this week is to make strength training a part of your routine. I’m sure you’ve heard about the importance of strength training as you enter mid-life. A study published last year in The Journal of American College of Cardiology evaluated the differences in the effects of exercise between men and… Read more: Tip of the Week – Fitness Apps

Let’s face it.  It is not cheap to ship things.  It is however, less expensive to send a package than to buy a plane ticket so if I want to get something special to someone then I am willing to pay for shipping.  A friend of mine told me about the company Pirate Ship and… Read more: Pirate Ship or A Cheaper Way to Ship Packages

This past week I was doing a workout and the instructor said, “Oh, this is my son’s favorite song right now!” Which gave me the idea to make a playlist for my grandchildren. So, I’m passing the idea on for our tip of the week (You’re welcome 😉 )!! I spent some time looking up… Read more: Playlists for Grandkids

I love avocados!  What I don’t love is that once they are ripe, you need to use them right away.  That’s what I used to think anyway.  Sometime in the last few years I learned a great tip so I wanted to share it with you.  Maybe you know this already, but if you don’t… Read more: How to Keep Ripe Avocados Fresh

This is a tip of the week – not a lengthy how-to. If you quilt, you have probably needed to sew two squares together diagonally down the middle. I have been doing this for years by drawing a line down the middle of one of the two squares and then sewing down that line. It… Read more: Best Way to Sew Diagonal Seams

If you ask me what brand of coat or jacket to buy, my response will be “Columbia”.  I am a Columbia girl through and through.  I have a Columbia coat, snow pants, boots, beanie, and rain jacket, my children have Columbia coats and some of them have their rain jacket as well.  The reasons for… Read more: Columbia Outerwear is The Best!

This week’s tip of the week is to get educated about menopause. I recently read the book The New Menopause by Mary Claire Haver. I really hadn’t known much about the effects of menopause (only that I haven’t had hot flashes – don’t hate me). This book helped me understand how every part of a… Read more: The New Menopause

My tip of the week is this: Don’t go out for dinner to celebrate Valentines Day.  Years ago, my husband and I went out for dinner on Valentines Day.  The restaurant was crowded and we waited a long time for a table.  It wasn’t a super positive experience.  After that Valentines date we decided that… Read more: Valentines Day Dinner at Home

If you enjoy doing crafting at all, you have probably seen all the chatter about JoAnn’s going out of business. There are other craft stores out there – but there are not a lot of places to buy apparel fabric locally where I live. I love to support local if I can get what I… Read more: Buy Fabric Online??