How to Find Places with Free Wifi Nearby: Find Fastest Internet Speeds

"How to get free internet from restaurants, coffee houses and retail stores.

If you’re looking for places with free wifi near you, we have lots of options. Or are you wondering where you can get the fastest wifi connections? There are more than 92,000 locations in the U.S. that provide free internet access. We’ve created a list of coffee shops, retailers and other places that give you free internet access AND we’ve provided the speeds you can expect too. Internet access can be your connection to the whole world. You may …

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3 Types of Family Budgets—Which Budget is Best for You

Best Budgets for Families - a man jumping for joy in falling money.

Are you looking for the best type of budget for your family? With so many different types of budgets available, which one will work for you? We’ve discovered that there are almost as many types of budget systems as there are people talking about it. Family Budgets can be done with expensive software systems, free systems, apps, websites and grandma’s cookie jar system for budgeting. With so many choices, it’s hard to know which type of budget will be …

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Linen Closet Organization Hacks: 9 Brilliant Tips, Tricks and Ideas

Linen Closet organization tips and hacks.

Reorganizing your linen closet probably isn’t at the top of your to-do list! But this task can really free up time and mental energy – here’s why and how. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 The Last Time We Reorganized our Linen Closet2 1. How to Start a Linen Closet Reorganization3 2. Sort What You Have in Your Linen Closet4 3. Store Your Sheet Sets with This Hack5 4. How Many Sheet Sets Should I Have?6 5. Organize Towel Sets7 6. Sharing …

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Best Budget Tracking: The Key to the Most Effective Household Budget Ever!

The Amazing Key to Powerful Budget Tracking

Are you ready to learn about an amazingly easy budget-tracking tool? It’s the most unexpected, simple, and amazing key to an effective household budget ever! We’ve got Budget Tracking secrets to help you become successful financially.  Lots of people talk about household budgets at the beginning of the year. With the holidays quickly fading in the rearview mirror, we’re motoring at full speed into a new year, full of optimism and powered by new resolutions. While some cruise down that …

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Why Budget – Overcoming Budgeting Problems Now!

How to Overcome Budget Obstacles

Why Budget? We’ve got six reasons why you should overcome your budgeting problems! One of the top two New Year’s Resolutions is to get personal finances in order. Many folks want to get out of debt or set up a budget. But too often this resolution is made, and then quickly abandoned. We’ve heard it, we’ve seen it, and we’ve helped many families to overcome it. Any effort you make to manage your money will immediately start producing positive dividends. …

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Free Places to Workout – 50 Cheap Ways to Get Healthy and Stay Healthy

50 Ways to Get an Awesome Workout/ Free Places To Workout

There are free places to workout all around us if you just know where to look. We reached out to our Facebook friends and learned about dozens more free workout options than we’d never heard of. If you’re looking for “free exercise near me,” we’ve got lots of ideas. It’s time to get more exercise for less. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 Get Healthy Stay Healthy for Less this Year!2 1. Walking – Pretty much free exercise3 2. Walk, Run and …

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34 Best Family Christmas Movie Favorites of All Time

Christmas Movie Favorites for the whole family

This is our updated (December 2023) list of 34 Christmas Movies that are Family Favorites. They are appropriate for children, some are animated, and some will make you laugh out loud they are that funny!  And remember that many of these are available at your public library or on Amazon Prime or Netflix for “free!”  Do you have some family favorite Christmas movies that you watch every year? We do! Some of our favorite family Christmas movies are the …

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Fun Family Christmas Traditions: 9 Exciting and Inexpensive Holiday Activities

Family Christmas Traditions for the Holidays. 8 Inexpensive Christmas Activities

Family Christmas Traditions can occur whether your family is large or small, and young or old. Establishing traditions can enhance relationships, evoke warm feelings and create memories that last a lifetime. Over the years, we’ve read numerous books about the value of family traditions. They add stability to the yearly calendar as the kids and grandkids eagerly anticipate and participate in the preparations for each special event. Our Christmas Traditions really are a “month-full” of activities and routines that …

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How to Host a Beautiful Thanksgiving Potluck … and Save Money.

How to Host a Thanksgiving Potluck

Are you hosting a Potluck Thanksgiving or attending a large gathering for Thanksgiving? Here are lots of ways to save money and reduce stress when feeding a large group for Thanksgiving Dinner or being a guest at someone else’s event. We will also share menu ideas talk about what to make for a Thanksgiving potluck. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 Hosting a successful Potluck Thanksgiving dinner2 How Did the Pilgrims Celebrate Their First Thanksgiving Dinner?3 How You Can Celebrate Thanksgiving with …

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Grandparent Gift Giving Etiquette? How to Stop Excessive Indulgence

When grandparents give too much. A pile of white presents wrapped with red bow.

A reader wonders how to deal with a grandparent who is overly generous. Are there rules for gift-giving etiquette? TABLE OF CONTENTS1 How to Deal with An Overly Generous Grandmother2 Helping Grandparents to be Reasonable in their Generosity3 Can a Grandparent Entitle their Grandchildren?4 Grandparents Giving Gifts with Strings Attached5 Other scenarios grandparents may encounter.6 How Should Kids Respond to Their Parents Who Want to Control with Gifts?7 Gift Conclusions How to Deal with An Overly Generous Grandmother One …

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