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5 Required Emergency Fund Examples to Protect Your Future

If you’re building an emergency fund, you’ll want to set some savings goals based on the five-category examples in this article. We’ll give you emergency fund examples, amounts and categories. If you’re managing a budget and have extra money available each month, you’ll want to take note of our emergency fund examples. We took several years to accumulate our 5 category Emergency Fund Savings account. We’ll tell you what the categories are, how much we saved and where we …

Molecular Hydrogen: Health Miracle or Brown’s Gas Hoax?

Have you ever heard of the potential health benefits of drinking hydrogen water, or breathing molecular hydrogen gas (aka HHO or HydrOxy or Brown’s gas)? Are the claims of health improvement and performance enhancement hype or a hoax? Molecular Hydrogen has been studied and used more and more since 2016. Researchers are looking at how it can help with various diseases, brain disorders, and skin problems. Although the FDA hasn’t approved these uses yet, some alternative medicine clinics are …

We have watched almost all of the PG-13 Romantic Movies listed below. All of them are family-friendly and are perfect for Valentine’s Day Movie Mania night. Or any other night when you just want to snuggle up together. If you’re looking for a movie that will warm your heart, try these. We’ve picked movies with romance in them and romantic comedies from war flicks and heartwarming stories to total suspense! We’ve combined some of our favorites with a huge …

A Personal Budget like a Dam? Budget Restriction or Happy Budget

Did you ever ask yourself, “How does a budget work?” Do you like the word “Budget?” We often hear people refer to budgets in negative terms. Words that imply pain or restriction or deprivation. We have a different view of the way budgets work. We look at a household budget as a positive thing. It’s a tool that preserves our money and lets us enjoy life and the things we have. We think a budget is very similar to …

Fun and inexpensive family date night ideas.

Are you looking for family date night ideas that are fun, but don’t cost an arm and a leg? Sometimes inexpensive Fun Recreation Ideas are hard to find. These days it’s easy to spend a significant amount of money on date night or date day. Families often overspend their recreation budget, thinking they can’t cut these expenses and still have a good time. But we challenge that notion. There are hundreds of ways to enjoy family time or a …

Budget with Confidence. Green countryside with a bright rainbow reaching to the sky.

If you’re looking for the best way to build financial confidence, try setting up a written budget. We’ve spent the last few weeks describing different spending plans or budget systems. We’ve described several options for budgeting success and the amazing key to our budgeting success. Today we’re sharing five benefits to having a written budget like we use. And yes, we do understand that a written budget may sound less tech-savvy than using phone apps or online budget systems. But honestly, …

How can you save money on milk purchases? For years we’ve frozen milk that we bought on sale in our deep freezer, and then defrosted it when we were ready to use it. Freezing milk is not that hard to do if you follow our tips. Learn how we freeze and thaw milk safely and quickly. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 1. The Smart Way to Freeze A Gallon of Milk2 2. How Long Does It Take to Freeze a Gallon …

Easy Bread Recipes You will Love! #easybreadrecipes

This Easy Muffin & Bread Recipes Super Page contains many Easy and Delicious Round-Up Recipes to Make! The Easy Muffin & Bread Recipes included on this page are:Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread, Festive Cranberry Bread, Perfect Pizza Dough, Easy Homemade Garlic Bread, Buttermilk Bran Muffins, Annette’s Orange Cornbread, Easy Homemade Pancakes (video), Tasty Cheese Muffins, Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Delicious Pumpkin Bread, Monkey Bread A downloadable/printable .pdf is available under the title of …

Flavorful Fruit Recipes RoundUp Page! #flavorfulfruitrecipes

This Fresh Fruit Recipe Ideas page contains 5 recipes for fresh and cooked fruit. Recipes included on this page: Fresh Cranberry Sauce, Lyn’s Cranberry Chutney, Disappearing Fresh Fruit Salad, Delicious & Easy Baked Apples Fresh Fruit Recipe 1: Fresh Cranberry Sauce PRINT THE RECIPE HERE his fresh no-cook cranberry sauce won’t stay on the table long. It is a family favorite fruit recipe and disappears almost as soon as we put it out. Ingredients for Fresh Cranberry Sauce: Directions for …

Store that pay you cash for cell phones.

Have you ever wondered, “Who buys used cell phones?” Many stores are willing to buy used cell phones for cash. Do you have some old cell phones sitting in a drawer? Would you like to turn that outdated technology into cash? This article will help you turn your unneeded phones into needed money. We’ll share stores that are nearby where you can get cash today for your phone. And we’ll also share several online options where you can get …

5 Required Emergency Fund Examples to Protect Your Future

Molecular Hydrogen: Health Miracle or Brown’s Gas Hoax?

Romantic Movies: Best PG-13 Family Friendly Valentine’s Day Flicks

How Does A Budget Work Like a Dam to Protect You Financially?

Family Date Night Ideas That Are Creative, Fun and Cheap

A Written Budget: The Best Way to Build Financial Confidence

9 Easy Tips to Freeze Milk and How to Thaw it Safely

12 Easy Bread Recipes – Round-Up Page

Fresh Fruit Recipe Ideas Page

33 Places that Buy Used Cell Phones for Cash – Broken or Working

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