Scratch Marks on Plates? 5 Easy Ways to Get Rid of Knife Marks

5 ways to get scratch marks off of dishes.

Do you want to get rid of knife marks on plates? If you’re prepping for a party, the holidays or just want your stoneware or dishes to look cleaner and less worn, we’ve got 5 easy solutions for you. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 Why Does Silverware Leave Utensil Marks on Plates?2 Five Ways to Get Metallic Knife Marks Off of Plates3 Wash Your Plates When Done4 Video Tests5 Conclusion Why Does Silverware Leave Utensil Marks on Plates? Do you have …

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Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner on a Budget! 4 Tips to Save Time and Money.

Hosting my first Thanksgiving Dinner - what should I do?

Here’s a free email newsletter subscriber question about hosting her first Thanksgiving. I will be cooking my first Thanksgiving Dinner for my Family and I am overwhelmed! Help! We’ve been married for 4 years and this will be the first time I’m hosting Thanksgiving. We’ve got relatives coming from out of town. I’m panicking over the cost! Panicked for Thanksgiving – Email Subscriber Don’t Fret over Your First Thanksgiving Dinner! Hosting and cooking for your first Thanksgiving and you …

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How to Pay for College With No Money and Without a Trust Fund

College Graduate - How to Pay for College with no Money

A Reader asks How to Pay for College With No Money and without a Trust Fund. Question: My daughter is a senior in high school and is preparing to head off to college. We have no money saved for her college expenses and feel like loans are the only option we have. What should we do? MoneySmartFamily: You have more options than you realize. Keep reading to learn about several of the easier ones. 1. Get Government Grants Fill …

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Medical Cost Sharing? The Complete Guide to Health Share Plans to Save Money

Mom holding a baby's hand - medical cost sharing.

Many people have asked what the difference is between Health Share Plans and traditional Health Insurance.  We’ll answer many questions about the medical cost-sharing industry in this article. Things like: What’s the Difference Between Medical Cost Sharing and Traditional Insurance? How Long Has Medical Cost Sharing been around? What types of things do cost-sharing programs cover and not cover? How much can you save with Medical Cost Sharing programs? Who are the biggest players in Medical Cost Sharing? See …

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Free Scholarships & Grants: Find Gold on the College Scholarship Rainbow!

How to find college scholarships/ Scholarship Hacks/ University Scholarships

Are you looking for free college scholarships and grants? We have tips and tricks to land tons of college money. This blog presents lots of proven ways to find more scholarship hacks. It shares how to prepare for them and how to win more awards. It’s time to start gathering in scholarship winnings! What if there really was a pot of scholarship gold waiting for you at the end of the scholarship rainbow. And what if you KNEW that …

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Inexpensive Ways to Beat a Cold Fast? Here’s How to Get Healthy Quickly!

Lots of ways to cure a cold a one or two days.

Do you want to prevent or beat a cold faster? Finding the cure for the common cold has been mankind’s pursuit for hundreds of years. While we haven’t found THE cure, we have found many ways to prevent illness or regain your health quicker. With today’s Coronavirus concerns this Cold & Flu season is horrible and tricky. Catching a cold or the flu could be almost inevitable and dangerous. How to cure a cold and beat sickness is a …

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Free Stickers! 190 Tested & Easy Ways to Get Stickers Mailed To You

How to get Free Stickers from Brands and companies

Are you looking for free stickers? Do you want name-brand stickers from companies you, or your kids love? We do! At MoneySmartFamily we love free stuff. Especially free things that our kids love or that can be given as gifts. We’ve researched hundreds of companies and created this easy-to-use list. We update it every few weeks to keep it current and to make sure all of the sites still offer free stickers.  It’s super easy to request stickers. In …

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How to Get The Most FAFSA Money and Pell Grant Awards

Maximize FAFSA and Pell Grant Money.

If you want to legitimately get the most FAFSA money for your college education, follow these tips and tricks. You’ll get maximum federal student aid in Pell Grants by following our research when you fill out your FAFSA application. Debt-Free College Series # 4 – FAFSA and Financial Aid We have  5 kids who have attended college, and we have filled out FAFSA applications with every single one of them. As a matter of fact, we’ve filled out the FAFSA …

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Reduce College Costs: Things To Do in High School to Prepare for College

Cutting Collge Costs for How High School Kids.

There are six things a teen can do in high school that will help to reduce the cost of a college education. We’ve done many of these with our 5 kids and they graduated college without any student loans! How can a high schooler start to reduce college costs? College is a monumental expense for parents and students alike. Who among us is prepared for paying out tens of thousands of dollars over a 4 or 5-year period? However, with …

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Money Gifts for Kids: Should You Give Cash Presents to Your Adult Children?

Do Money Gifts to Adult Kids really help them?

Will money gifts to Adult Kids really help them? Do financial bailouts enable our children and make them dependent on us as parents? Here are 8 ways to help without enabling them. Money Gifts for Adult Kids — What Should We Do? A website visitor asked: We have three grown kids. Two are doing fine, but the youngest one is married with two kids and is struggling financially. They are behind on their mortgage and credit card bills and …

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