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Buying a home after foreclosure

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Many, many American’s and people around the globe have lost their homes to foreclosure in the last few years. It’s extremely sad and some of it was due to people being miss sold mortgages, some down to bad personal financial planning and some due to economic crisis such as job loss. However if you was [...]

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Where To Find Cheap One Way Flights

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In my previous article about getting cheap one way flights, I discussed many things you should consider when trying to find your discount booking. However I did not discuss anywhere in particular. In this article I would like to go a little more in depth on a few places I have successfully used to get [...]

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A Very Frugal Week

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Just over a week ago I got back from a great two week vacation that took me around Egypt (see my post about a Budget Egypt Vacation). On return I realized I had spent all my money (well I knew this would be the case), so waiting for checks to clear and money to flow [...]

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Home Repairs: Fixing a Chevy Van’s Cracked Cynlinder

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One of my readers, named Michael Traster, recently wrote to me with some suggestions for the blog. He suggested I talk more about home repairs, emergency repairs and making things last… He also mentioned how he had once fixed a cracked cylinder on his Chevy Van. Even if you don’t have a cracked cylinder this [...]

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Insanity Home Workout Rebooted – Week 1

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I’m back from a break a little shy of 2 weeks. During this break apart from a little snorkelling and a kick trip walking up Mount Sinai, my exericise has been non existant! I have put on about 4lbs (shamful) and drank a ton of alcohol! So instead of continuing the Insanity workout where I [...]

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Watch TV On Your Computer

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TV looks great on an LCD screen, luckily most computers these days have an LCD screen so looking to watch TV on your computer is a logical idea! Luckily there are many many options to get Television shows and movies to watch on your computer and these days more and more live streaming options are [...]

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Get Over The Fear Of Cooking At Home…

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I love to cook at home, but it wasn’t always this way. I remember thinking that boiling vegetables and grilling a chicken breast (pre Vegetarian days) was an adventurous task. If I was feeling particularly frisky I would put some black pepper on before cooking… oh la la!! I ate plain and reasonably healthy but [...]

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Cheap Christmas Gift Ideas

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The holiday season is almost in full swing and this year, maybe more than many years before everyone is looking for ‘cheap Christmas gift ideas’. Many store offer cheap Christmas gift ideas lists, but be careful, a ‘cheap Christmas gift’ list from a store may not be as cheap as they would like you to [...]

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Beef Curry Recipe

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I guess you are looking for a decent Beef Curry Recipe? Well you are in the right place…. I recently posted about my Vegetarian Curry Recipe which is something that I make very very often. However I understand that you may want more than just veggies in your meal so here is an addition to [...]

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Frugal Living Forum

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Guess what? Frugal Zeitgeist has a brand new Frugal Living Forum and we are just in pre-launch stage looking for members to start an active community. So any input would be much appreciated. I will be there and a few other new members to start discussing any matter related to frugal living and maybe even [...]