Frugal Recycling

How to Repurpose Wood Sweaters, by Nikki Willhite   How to felt wool, and different ways to reuse wool from old sweaters.

Frugal Utilities

Thoughtful Energy Habits to Help Cool Down While Saving Money, by Linda Q. Brown   How to save money on air-conditioning your home in the summer.

Let's face it, as much as you want to blast your AC all day long to take away the discomforts of heat, you sometimes think twice because you know that this comes with a price - the kind that involves an expensive electricity bill. In fact, the air conditioner, along with other cooling devices, accounts for more than half of your electricity usage. So imagine what a great deal you can save if you can cut down or even take out the use of these appliances all together... more

Frugal Health

7 Ways To Fall Asleep Instantly, by Trevor Johnson   Some tips on making it easy to fall asleep.

When you go to bed and all you have is a whirlwind of thoughts and a train of worries, sleeping tends to become impossible, let alone the possibility of sleeping instantly. It's still very possible to fall asleep very fast by acknowledging the bedroom as a sleeping zone that has been set apart from the pondering and all the worries. You can try this techniques so as to at least encourage faster sleeping and to maintain the sleeping trend your whole life. First things first so you have to treat your bedroom as a sanctuary... more

Frugal Recipes

Piņa Colada   Easy recipe for a non-alcoholic Piņa Colada drink.

7 oz pineapple juice
2 oz coconut cream
1 cup crushed ice... more

Frugal Health and Teeth Article

4 Healthy Foods That Are Bad For Your Teeth, by Dr. Rachel Hall  Healthy foods that cause tooth decay or tooth enamel erosion.

Lollies and sweets are bad for your teeth. Well, that's not a surprise; even a 3-year-old child knows that. But people are always caught off guard when they hear that certain healthy foods are just as unkind to your teeth and can cause them to rot... more

Frugal Kids and Challenges Article

Trick Your Kids Into Eating: Low Down, Yet Effective, Ways to Get Kids to Eat Their Dinners, by Jane Thursday, Ed.D.    Some strategies to get pick eaters to try new food.

...By all means use the conventional methods of getting your kids to try new and healthy foods. Be a choo-choo, be an airplane, be a motor boat. Bribe your child with dessert if she'll just eat her beans. Don't let her go play with the other kids until she at least tries the chicken. I don't see anything wrong with these methods if they are working for your family. If you need to bring out the big guns on occasion, read on!... more

Frugal Heath Article

How to Deal Effectively With Anxiety, by Garrett Coan Types of anxiety and how to deal with them.

Every human feels anxiety on occasion; it is a part of life. All of us know what it is like to feel worry, nervousness, fear, and concern. We feel nervous when we have to give a speech, go for a job interview, or walk into our boss's office for the annual performance appraisal. We know it's normal to feel a surge of fear when we unexpectedly see a photo of a snake or look down from the top of a tall building. Most of us manage these kinds of anxious feelings fairly well and are able to carry on with our lives without much difficulty. These feelings don't disrupt our lives. But millions of people (an estimated 15% of the population) suffer from devastating and constant anxiety that severely affects their lives...more

Frugal Romance Article

Knowing He's In Love: How Men Behave When In Love, by Consolacion S. Miravite   How to tell if a man really loves you.

If we can only take a peek into the minds of our significant other; or look into magic crystal balls to know if it is really us that he thinks about, could save us girls a lot of trouble. Sometimes it is hard to see what is real and what is not. Girls have the natural instincts of looking at things in rainbow perfection when they are in love. However, there are telling signs that would decode his actions if he is really in love... more

Inspirational Article

Living in the Same Box, by Steve Goodier   A beautiful story of kindness from the 1936 Olympics between Luz Long and Jesse Owens.

Frugal Money Article

The Best Way To Check Your Credit Score, by Ron Wynn  How to choose from the different options of checking your credit score.

There are so many offers for free credit scores. You see them everywhere: on TV, in magazines and just about every website you look at. Of course, each ad will try to convince you that they have the best way to check your credit score. But which one can you trust? Will it really be free? Is there a catch? These are the obvious questions. But the most important question is not so obvious. It's a question many people don't even think about asking. The question is: Which credit score are they offering?... more

Frugal Cleaning Article

Spring Cleaning Your Home, by Nikki Willhite    More tasks to do to when you want to thoroughly clean your home.

Next on the agenda for many of us will be Spring Cleaning. It will be time to open the windows, air out the house, shake out the rugs, and do those tasks we do once a year to make our homes fresh and clean... more