I haven't posted any blogging tips for awhile so I thought I would share a quick obvious one that is sometimes overlooked. At least I did. Akismet is a spam stopping plugin that comes with the standard version of Wordpress. I have tried a pile of spam stopping plugins for my blogs and nothing has worked as well as this handy little plugin. Just activate it and go to wordpress. sign up and get your activation key and you are on ... Read More

Just yesterday my other half was out picking up some groceries and then off to the pharmacy to pick up some creame for acne and to get me some razor blades. She called from the store to see what kind of blades I wanted. After she gave me the prices of some of the items it was actually cheaper for her to get me a new razor/blades combo pack then to buy a razor replacement kit. Crazy. So I started ... Read More

I was doing some thinking the other day about buying pet supplies online. There are a million websites out there and you must be able to get a better deal than at a regular store. So I started to do some digging and there are tons of websites offering everything from dog and cat supplies, toys and even horse supplies online. If you live in a smaller town like myself then there are probably about two or three pet supply ... Read More

Back in July I discussed with you how you can earn a couple of bucks by having your own yard sale. If you are looking for some extra money you probably have it sitting in the attic, basement or out in your garage. Remember, one mans garbage is another mans gold. Let's look at it from another angle. What if you looked at other peoples garage sales as a money making opportunity? You can find things like a table ... Read More

So it comes down again to spending a little to save a little. The tires on my Mustang have just about had it. The tires are as bald as my head, they need to be inflated often and have no traction whatsoever. The result would be poor gas mileage. Under inflated tires alone can decrease your gas mileage as much as ten percent. Now that is a lot. I shopped around and have become intersted in Bullet wheels. A ... Read More

You work hard every year to make a little extra spending money off of the internet or maybe working at a hobby or small business. Why then would you throw it all away at tax time? When you are claiming extra income you are allowed to write off you business expenses such as domain name purchases and webhosting. Your expenses go further than this, you have hardware and software, heating and utilites at your house, a percentage of the square ... Read More

How about saving $120 a week just by giving up your driving freedoms and car pooling? Hey, if you are looking to save money then this is a no brainer. CNN just featured an article which really drives home just how important car pooling can be in today's era of outrageous gas prices. "Robert Gilliland didn't think much about carpooling until gas prices got out of control. Now, he's happy to trade his motoring freedom for $120 in weekly ... Read More

I caught a news story the other day about this being the perfect time to find some great deals on furniture and fixtures. The reason being that stores are starting to dump the summer collections to make room for their fall displays. The best place to pick up something was the grocery stores that have patio furniture and outdoor fixtures featured at their front doors. Now is the time that they will be putting them on sale. Have a look ... Read More

Just the other day I stopped by my pharmacy to pick up a few bottles of daily vitamins. I was amazed at how many different choices there were to choose from. All sorts of different brand names, bottles sizes and prices. It reminded me of an article I was reading the diet pill and how many of those are out there but I never though that there was such as a choice of vitamins. I passed and decided to go home and do ... Read More

We started to try something new around the house over the last few weeks and I can already see that it is paying off in saving us money. Instead of buy premade foods at the grocery store or at a take out place we have started to buy the ingredients and make our own. Take for example the cost of a take out pizza from a pizzeria or even a frozen one from the grocer. Now compare that with ... Read More

I just caught an interesting news story the other night. An energy expert did a tour of a house and pointed out some of the ways people could save money. One of the killers were the powerbars. He stated that if the plugs in the are hot then they are wasting electrcity. I tested the powerbar that I have my XBox360, Router and Cable Modem plugged into. Both the Modem and Router were very warm which means as they ... Read More