Jeff Yeager

Other Earth-Friendly Days

Posted on 04/19/2013 by Jeff Yeager | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Home & Family | Money & Savings | TravelDon’t get me wrong: as a lifelong environmentalist, I think that Earth Day (April 22) serves an invaluable purpose both as a celebration of our wondrous planet and as an opportunity to draw attention to the many serious – literally “life threatening” – challenges facing our natural environment. The only problem with Earth Day is that it’s a single day once a year, while our responsibility to the environment is 24/7, every day of the year. The good news is …

Live Green and Save Money

Posted on 04/16/2013 by Jeff Yeager | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Home & Family | Money & SavingsA thought-provoking little story has been circulating on the Internet recently about an elderly woman who is chastised by a young cashier at the grocery store for not bringing her own reusable grocery bags. The cashier scolds the woman – and people of her generation – for not caring as much as younger people do about the environment and the impact their actions have on the Earth. See also: How to Save $10,000 a year. The woman apologizes, then politely …

Save on Gas When You Travel This Summer

Posted on 04/9/2013 by Jeff Yeager | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Money & Savings | TravelGas prices these days remind me of temperatures across much of the country: way up one day, down the next, then up again. See also: Take our gas savings quiz! But just as certain as the fact that summer’s heat will eventually arrive in full force is the fact that, over time, gas prices will only continue to increase. You don’t have an economist — or even a cheapskate — to figure out that petroleum is finite resource. As supplies …

Spring Cleaning Cheapskate Style

Posted on 04/2/2013 by Jeff Yeager | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Home & Family | Money & SavingsSeveral years ago I resigned myself to the fact that we live in the kind of house that’s better cleaned with an heavy duty wet/dry vac than a traditional vacuum cleaner like most folks use. If you live in a semirural, ultra-muddy area and heat your home primarily with woodstoves like we do, then you know what I mean. By late winter, much of our house looks more like a barn or sawmill. With the crocuses, daffodils, and forsythia in …

All Parts of Eggs Lead to Savings

Posted on 03/21/2013 by Jeff Yeager | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Food | Money & Savings“A friend is someone who thinks that you’re a good egg even though he knows that you’re slightly cracked,” or so the saying goes. Check out the Cheap Life! For frugal folks everywhere, the simple, noble chicken egg is a good friend indeed, and not just at Easter. Eggs are an inexpensive source of high quality protein year round. Even more so, the myriad ways to repurpose an eggshell is the topic of this week’s episode “The Cheap Life,” my new …

Use Your Slow Cooker and Save Year Round

Posted on 03/19/2013 by Jeff Yeager | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Food | Money & SavingsAh, spring is in the air. It’s time to ditch the snow shovel, stow the sweaters and mittens in the closet, and put away your slow cooker (aka Crock-Pot) until next fall. Try more slow cooker recipes Hey, wait just a daylight saving time minute! The slow cooker isn’t just the cheapskate’s cooking appliance of choice for cold weather comfort food. It’s truly a frugal cooking machine for all seasons. In this week’s episode of my YouTube web show “The …