Healthy and sustainable living is a trend on the rise. More and more Americans today are adopting a healthier lifestyle to improve wellness, help the environment, and just overall feel better. And a healthy lifestyle starts with healthy eating. In the past, Americans were all about the quick and easy meal. After all, a cheeseburger […]
My awareness of the importance of eating organic, as-natural-as-possible foods has increased the last few years. The dilemma of this awareness is being torn between choosing more expensive groceries or compromising what I put in my body. It can be hard to remember that the benefits outweigh the costs when they come in the form […]
My wife and I hosted a neighborhood 4th of July party complete with food, fun, and games. The weather was perfect with highs in the 80’s and plenty of sun, so part of the plan was to have a water balloon fight. We didn’t want to manually fill and tie hundreds of balloons so we […]
Chipotle – you either love it or don’t understand the cult-like following it has. For those whose life is not complete without a “bigger-than-your-head” burrito with “yes-I-know-the-guac-is-extra”, then these money saving tips are for you. Ask for Half and Half Meat Asking for half chicken and half steak will be charged as steak, but it […]
One of my favorite strategies for saving money on baby items is to buy items slightly used. In fact, most of the time, I buy a gently used baby toy, baby equipment, or clothing, use it, then sell it for a small profit. Since babies tend to grow out of their clothes and toys, it […]
Buying your first home is usually a very exciting time in your life. You can spend months searching for the perfect place, and then one day, you finally find “the one”. You hurriedly make an offer, get all the paperwork together and sign the contract. Everything seems to be going according to plan. But then […]
