Category Archive: Around the house
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Dec
03
Priceless
Doctor’s Visit: $100 Chest X-Rays Illustrating You Have Pneumonia: $350 Co-pay for Antibiotics: $5.00 Doctor’s Visit For Your Wife: $100 Chest X-Rays Illustrating She Now Has Pneumonia: $350 Pneumonia Resistant Antibiotics: $5.00 Emergency Room Visit: $400 Chest X-Rays Illustrating Her Pneumonia Has Spread: $350 E.R Treatment (I.V. Antibiotics, Fluids, Inhaler Treatment, Blood Cultures): $750 Combination …
Oct
14
How to kill a house wasp-like a ninja
Periodically we’ll get a wasp in the house. You know how it is. One moment, you’re snacking on toast with peanut butter and chocolate chips, and the next, all hell breaks loose because a wasp starts dive-bombing random targets around the room. The toast? Fuggetaboutit. One eye’s on the wasp, the other, frantically scanning the …
Jul
19
The fast track to fun (on a dirt driveway).
Remember the joys of childhood? Of uninhimited creation? Of starting with nothing but an idea? And creating something wonderful?
Jul
13
How To Stop Traffic With Your Garage Sale Signs.
From a consumer’s perspective, a garage sale is a great way to save money. Over the years, we’ve easily saved thousands of dollars on clothes and children’s books and toys. Hosting a garage sale yourself is a great way to earn some extra cash. It’s not uncommon for a good sale to rake in anywhere …
Jun
08
How we keep the IRS away from my paycheck (and save thousands every year)
If you’ve read my About page, you know one of the major challenges we’ve had as a family has been money. I’ll never regret the decision we made to focus on our family. But I’m not going to lie to you. Transitioning from no kids with a dual income, to two kids living off little …
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