When money is especially tight, it can be hard to see past the mountains of bills and figure out what bills are most important and what bills are something that can be delayed or even cancelled in …
Averaging out your monthly household bills
One of the dangers of budgeting your monthly household expenses is that some of them fluctuate over time. If you make your budget based on summertime electricity usage, but in the winter it goes up …
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Can money management software help you with your household expenses?
Believe it or not, money-management software really can help you when it comes to organizing your household finances. However, like any good bill paying practice, you need to use it consistently to …
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Reminders on how to stop pesky cold calls
It seems that the economy is making companies cold call even more these days while they are trying to drum up every possible business they can. Since a friend of mine got six cold calls in the same …
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Are you paying for wireless internet when you don’t need to?
Do you know that there might be a city-operated wireless WiFi network where you live? So you could be paying for internet access when you have perfectly good internet access available for …
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Is your toilet leaking and costing you money?
If your toilet was slowly leaking, would you know it? And that if it was, it could cost you an extra $400 or so dollars a year? I am probably guessing you can think of a lot of things …
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Recycling envelopes for mailing letters
Here is a tip from Dear Abby the other day that you might have missed - and that could end up costing you money. If you recycle envelopes that companies give you for bill payments, you might …
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Do you get time off to vote?
Since some employers, either deliberately or unintentionally, aren't giving their employees time off to vote, it is up to you to know the law. You could be given several hours - with pay - to …