October 27th, 2009 | Martin Pedersen |
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Saving Money at Home

Many will laugh, cringe, or even get cold sweats at the suggestion of saving money by cutting your families hair. If you can get past the chills then you will be able to save money, and it is not that hard. Lisa has been cutting my hair for well over 12 years now and it saves us …
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September 26th, 2009 | Martin Pedersen |
Saving Money at Home

Olive and Onion Crusty Bread with brie.
When I was trying to think what would be the best initial cost savings comparison, I did what I usually do, I let my stomach decide. I chose to analyze bread making to find out for myself if there is a cost benefit and if it is worth the …
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September 7th, 2009 | Martin Pedersen |
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Saving Money at Home
I find that if you want to see what the root human emotion is to an action, just test it on a child. I wanted to test the word sacrifice and the common simple definition is ‘Giving up something valued’. Let’s see, Jada seems to value this dolly she is holding. Now if I come slowly …
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March 30th, 2009 | Martin Pedersen |
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Saving Money at Home
Hello……….my name is Martin……..and I’m………………..umm……….frugal. There it is. It’s all out in the open. I AM FRUGAL. I am not ashamed anymore………….I’m free!!!!!
Actually I was never ashamed of being frugal, in fact I have always been proud of my thriftiness. However my accomplishments in frugality were never received with the appreciation I expected. Being called cheap is …
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