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5 Best Websites for Finding Coupons
Online coupons save the shopper tons of money. Printable coupons offered by websites also save you money when you want to venture out and visit the actual store. If you want to find more coupons than the ones in your Sunday paper, here are five of the best sites for coupons of all types.
Why do you use coupons? They provide a discount on items and services that you use most. For the manufacturer who offers the coupon, they get advertising that costs not very much. Whenever you don’t use coupons, they are still saving money. They can claim their losses, but what about you?
Teaching Stranger Danger
From a very young age parents repeat the words “don’t talk to strangers” to their children over and over again. Conversations may end with parents listing the people in the child’s life with whom they are allowed to talk and give information to. But does your child really understand the meaning behind those words? Do they know this doesn’t mean the gentleman down the street who dresses “strange”?
You want to be sure your child or children understand who a stranger is. You also want to pass along instructions on how they are supposed to react to any situation involving a stranger approaching them. Here are some tips to help teach your child about stranger danger.
Shopkeeper’s Game – Learn about Money
We want our children to know how to handle money properly, and it’s never too late to start teaching them. One way to make learning about money fun for smaller children is to play a shopkeeper’s game. Not only will they have fun setting up shop, if you have play money on hand, it can be a real learning experience.
Ten Cheap Supplies to Help You Get Organized
When it comes to getting organized, you can get there one of two ways – you can buy the most expensive items or you can choose the frugal route. There’s really no need to spend a large amount of money when there are at least ten cheap supplies to help you get organized.
1. Calendars – Calendars are the number one item for keeping family and yourself organized, at least as far as appointments are concerned. You can find calendars at dollar stores and discount stores, often for as little as $1.00. If you have your heart set on a particular calendar, wait a week or so after the new year and you could save as much as fifty percent.
Eazy Freezer Cooking Ideas
With the weather turning nicer and we are doing more and more activities, it seems to me that time gets shorter and shorter to prepare meals. On those evenings when I have a lot more time to cook some nights than others. When I do have extra time, I have what I like to call my easy freezer cooking ideas list, I try to cook an extra batch of food, stick it in the freezer and then just grab a meal that’s ready to be heated and served out of the freezer on the days when we’re really busy. Here’s a list of things I tend to either cook in batches, or cook while I’m working on that day’s regular dinner and then freeze for later.
Fun Crafts using Paper Bags
Today is a cold day here in Washington. And I started brain storming some fun ideas to get the children to do this afternoon. I then thought of the paper bags that we have floating around the house. After a little thinking I found some great ideas to create with them.
When things get boring in the afternoon and going outside is not really an option for that day. There are some creative ways that you can spend the day making some crafts with your children. Crafts do not mean that you have to keep a stock of craft supplies around the house. There are several household items that you can use to create these fun crafts with and have you and your children busy for hours. Here are some ideas to use with paper bags, crayons, markers, colored paper and what ever else comes to mind.
