When Daughters’ Financial Emergencies Cause Financial Strain
Susan from Texas asks: “As a single mother of two grown daughters, scratching and clawing my way out of substantial credit card and other debt, please give me some ideas about dealing with daughters’ emergencies, specifically health issues, not life-threatening but urgent never the less. My daughters work full time and dabble in college. Both […]
Bunnies and Ham and Eggs, Oh My!
http://www.LivingOnADime.com It’s almost that time of year again. You’re standing, dumbfounded, in front of a mound of hard boiled eggs, sliced ham and chocolate Easter bunnies. You wonder “what am I going to do with 6 dozen eggs, 6 lbs. of ham and 25 chocolate bunnies”. The stress of it is almost enough to send […]
Easter Egg-stravaganza!
By Tawra Kellam http://www.LivingOnADime.com/ OK, so the kids noticed on the calendar that Easter is approaching and they want to make a huge production of dying eggs. In the past, the little stickers you bought at the store sufficed, but now they want the real thing. Here are some old standards with a few new […]
Too Many Oranges?
by Tawra Kellam http://www.LivingOnADime.com/ It’s that time of year. You found a really good deal on oranges but you purchased a few more than you can eat. Now what do you do with them. Here are a few suggestions from www.LivingOnADime.com to get you started. 1. Make juice out of the oranges and then use […]
The $7 Gourmet Valentine’s Dinner for Two
http://www.livingonadime.com/ Even when you don’ t Valentine’s have much cash on hand, you can have a special dinner for Valentine’s Day. You can create a special Valentine’s Dinner 2 people for under $7.00. The secret to a frugal romantic dinner is the setting so lets start with that. If you were thinking ahead purchase 75% […]
Valentine’s Day On A Dime
by Tawra Kellam http://www.LivingOnADime.com/ Using a little imagination, you can make your Valentine’s day a little more fun and a lot less expensive. If you want to add a little personalized romance or if you don’t have the time or money to buy all the pre-made things in the store, here are some ideas from […]
Stop Eating Your Way Into Debt!
by Jill Cooper http://www.LivingOnADime.com/ At this time of year, there are usually 3 things people are panicking about: how to lose weight, how to save money, and how to get organized. We have already touched on losing weight so this week I would like to touch on saving money. Hopefully most of you realize that […]
Success in Direct Sales – Part 2
In our last article we talked about two important characteristics of a successful direct sales representative. Successful direct sellers must be both consistent and persistent. When we talk about consistency in our business it really just means having a plan to work your direct sales business and then working that plan. It doesn’t have to […]
Help! I’m a SAH…I Need to Get Away!
Got babies, kids, teens, hubby, animals? Feeling overwhelmed by them ALL, or some, at times? I totally understand! I have been a SAHM, a WAHM, and a mom with a full time job outside of the home and a parttime corporate worker while starting up my own WAH business. As a SAH, it can be […]
Success in Direct Sales-Part 1
I’m a big believer in working a direct sales or network marketing business as a real business. Unfortunately too many times moms, in particular, jump into direct sales without any real plan of how to really make it work as a business and so they end up either doing nothing, becoming a wholesale buyer and […]