The Brita FilterForGood Climate Ride, a five-day, 300-mile bicycle ride from NYC to D.C. , rolled through my town on Sunday. (The picture, right, was from the New Hope Arts & Crafts Fair, which some of the cyclists stopped to check out.) The mission of this ride? To have pedal strokes raise money and awareness [...]
Getting a flu shot is definitely on my to-do list this fall. Same thing with my kids. With all this talk about the H1N1 flu virus, even if we can’t get that actual swine flu vaccine, I want to make sure that everyone in my family stays as healthy as possible. That’s also why we’re [...]
The free event from the Princeton Review below caught my eye since, soon enough, my high schooler will be prepping for the PSAT! I’ve also got information here on some cool free admission events coming up this week! Complimentary College Testing The Princeton Review is offering free PSAT Practice Tests on September 26th at locations [...]
So did you know it’s Clean Hands Week? (September 20-26) From all we’ve heard about how to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, good hand hygiene is key. Funny–my germophobe ways don’t seem so odd now. Hand sanitizer, anyone? Seriously, though, Americans really do need to go back to school when it comes to [...]
I about fell off my chair today when, twice in one day, someone at a doctor’s office suggested ways I could save money. I’m not talking about slipping me a handful of drug samples to save me the prescription co-pay. I’m talking services that I was ready to whip out my checkbook to pay for, [...]
A couple of years ago I was the holiday spokesperson for Game Crazy. Recently, those same folks sent me some money-saving tips for gamers–something I thought my frugal readers might find helpful. Why? Well, before you know it, the holidays will be here. And if your kids are like mine, they’ll be asking for at [...]
Remember that old saying that your mom probably taught you–the one that goes “You’ll catch more flies with sugar than vinegar” (or something like that)? Well, when it comes to customer service, mother knows best. I remembered this saying last week when I went out to walk my dog, and found that the trash service [...]
So far most of this week’s freebies are all ice cream, all the time. Hey, I’m not complaining! Free Food On September 24, 2009, from 5 to 8 pm, Cold Stone Creamery will host the “World’s Largest Ice Cream Social.” Visitors get a free 3-oz. serving of Jack’s creation—sweet cream ice cream mixed with brownie, [...]
Today I learned more about insulation that I ever wanted to know. That’s because we determined that the traditional fiberglass insulation that our contractor had installed earlier this week–but hadn’t yet enclosed in drywall–had to come out. This had nothing to do with the contractor or the quality of their work. This had everything to [...]
You know to separate your paper, plastic, glass and cardboard from your regular trash, and put it out on recycling day. But did you know that there are other ways that you can recycle beyond your curbside trash hauler? Here are four fresh ways, just with paper alone, that you can recycle or reuse paper. [...]
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