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The Slime Craze is Causing a Glue Shortage

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Has your child taken a sudden interest in slime? It seems to be the newest, hottest, trend among children, tweens, and even some teenagers. The slime craze is so popular that it is causing craft stores to run out of glue. Slime is a homemade substance that can be made in any color. It starts out sticky and becomes a gelatinous substance that can be pulled, stretched and squished. There are plenty of recipes and photos of slime on Pinterest. A pastel rainbow colored version is called “unicorn poop.” Some kids are making slime that corresponds to a holiday (such … Continue reading →

Two Cost Free Ways to Get Your Home Ready to Sell

My real estate friends tell me that it is not impossible to sell a home in a short period of time, it just depends on the home. Still, with the housing market the way that it is, you don’t want to spend a lot of money getting your home ready for the market, but you don’t want it to sit out there forever being passed over for other houses that are also for sale. Use some smarts and a little elbow grease to make your home stand out among all the rest of the housing inventory, and do it for … Continue reading →

A Seasonal Home Based Business Idea

If you love to bake and have a little extra time available to you this holiday season, you may want to stock up on sugar, flour, and other baking essentials and offer yourself to friends and acquaintances as a baker for hire. Everyone loves home made baked goods and want to have them on their holiday table, but many people are short on time. People who do not have the time to bake pies, cookies, and cakes themselves are often more than willing to pay someone else for home made baked goods instead of buying them at the store so … Continue reading →

Jeans are on Sale at Express

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If you have you been interested in buying fashionable clothing from Express, but hesitant because of the high prices, you are going to love this! Express is having a sale on jeans. It also has a clearance sale going on at the same time. Express is an upscale clothing store that sells the kind of clothing that is designed for teenagers and young adults to wear. They sell jeans, dresses, shirts, jackets, and accessories. It carries clothing for both men and women. Some of the clothing from Express is nice enough to wear in a professional environment. Other clothing items … Continue reading →

Buying a New Lounge – Part 3

Decide on the type of lounge or sofa you want. Do you want causal or formal. A cane lounge will always be more informal and suitable more for a sunroom or family room than a traditional lounge suite. Fashion also plays a part in color choice. Back in the 1970s we had a lounge that was orange and brown striped velvet. It sounds awful now, but it was the height of fashion. Needless to say it dated very quickly and now when I look back on that I shudder. We later had it recovered in a more sedate fabric that … Continue reading →

Being Frugal Is A Way Of Life – New FL Blogger Intro

Finally, I’m writing my Frugal Living introduction post. Better late than never, I always say. I wanted to say hello to my fellow FL living blogger Mary Ann Romans, and all of Families.com new bloggers. Since starting with this website about a month ago I’ve been having a lot of fun writing in my various topics. Being able to share and learn is a wonderful thing. As the title of my blog today states, being frugal truly is a way of life, not just one area of it. Many times someone may start out counting pennies in the area of … Continue reading →

Star Updates: Trump NOT Buying McMahon’s House

If you thought that Donald Trump’s recent bid to buy TV star Ed McMahon’s Beverly Hills mansion was part of a massive publicity stunt… you might be right. A couple of weeks ago the real estate mogul turned TV host offered to lend a hand to McMahon as he fought off the threat of foreclosure on his $5.75 million six-bedroom home. The Donald’s move, which at the time seemed benevolent, made headlines around the country. Many expressed admiration for the Trumpster and his goodwill gesture of buying McMahon’s property and leasing it back to the 85-year-old celeb. But, now word … Continue reading →

Amazon Shorts: Quick Reads for Cheap

Let me preface this blog with a disclaimer. I am an author with an Amazon Shorts title for sale. My intent is not to encourage sales, though. I recently had the opportunity to become a user of the service and was so impressed I wanted to spread the word. So I asked Tristi if I could guest blog about it and she said, “Sure!” (By the way, thanks again, Tristi!) Amazon.com is known for a bunch of services, but did you know they also publish and sell short stories? Well, they do, via their Amazon Shorts program. Finding the Amazon … Continue reading →

Is Buying in Bulk Bad for Your Budget?

You’ve probably seen all of the many headlines that infer we are getting fat from super sizing our burgers and fries. Now the media is telling us that we are also getting fat, and our wallets are getting thin, from bulk buying at the warehouse stores. ABC News aired a story claiming that the warehouse stores encourage excess; people get carried away shopping at warehouse stores, buying more than they thought they would and consuming more because they have more. “One woman we spoke with at Costco said she often spends more than what she planned to spend. “You can … Continue reading →

Buying a Camera

Salesman: So you want to buy a camera? You: Yes I do. Salesman: Here let me show you…. RED ALERT! What’s wrong with this picture? Did you catch it? The salesman is all set to show you a camera, and he has no idea what you want, except for that one word: camera. Chances are, you are going to walk out of that store empty-handed, or with something for which you paid too much money and that isn’t going to do what you want. One of the first things a salesman should ask you, once you’ve told them you are … Continue reading →