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Cheap and Easy Gardening Tips

Posted on 05/2/2013 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Home & Family | Money & SavingsCheck out this week’s episode of my weekly AARP web show on YouTube for some money-saving gardening tips and a chance to win a $50 gift card. Be sure to subscribe to the show (it’s FREE and easy – just click on the ”subscribe” icon and follow the prompts), that way you’ll be eligible for a shot at the prizes if you leave me your tips.   Also of Interest Spring Into Gardening Season: 5 Frugal Ways to Get Your Plants and Garden Ready 9 …

Prepare your Facebook Security Settings for New Search

Posted on 01/16/2013 by | AARP Social Media Strategy/Trainer | Comments

Technology | Your LifeFacebook announced this week it will make it a lot easier to search your personal page along with all of your friends. It’s called the Facebook Graph Search. While this announcement does not change your privacy settings on Facebook, it means if you’ve ignored your privacy settings, now is a really good time to check it out. (Facebook wrote up more details about how privacy works with the new search.) Facebook says the graph search will take already existing information …

Ready…Set…Volunteer! Veteran Runner Shares Event Secrets

Posted on 10/18/2012 by | Volunteering | Comments

VolunteeringEvery week in America, thousands of people line up to compete in one of the hundreds of running races that happen across the country. One such event happens in the southwest corner of Minnesota, in the town of Worthington, called the Turkey Day 10K. Set around one of the state’s scenic 10,000 lakes, Lake Okabena has been the backdrop of this race for over 30 years. The TD10K got its start back in 1980 when Jerry Fiola, a Worthington native, and …

5 Frugal Tips for the February Gardener

Posted on 02/15/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Home & Family | Money & SavingsAs the last full month of winter, February always reminds me of a houseguest who has officially overstayed his welcome. I’m ready for springtime, and more than ready to get outside in my garden and exercise my atrophying green thumbs. But over the years I’ve learned that even in February, in many parts of the country, there are some yard and garden chores you can already get cracking on. Best of all, by getting an early start you can save …

Will Your Heart Survive Valentine’s Day?

Posted on 02/14/2012 by | Fat to Fit | Comments

Personal HealthValentine’s Day is usually a time for flowers and candy, but according to MedlinePlus, it’s also a day when approximately 2,800 people—parents, aunts, friends, siblings, uncles, cousins, children and grandparents—will suffer a heart attack. Of these, nearly 1,400 will die—leaving a tragic trail of broken hearts. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol, your chance of contributing to these grim statistics goes up.

Garage Sale Gal, Lynda Hammond: Signs a Mystery

Posted on 09/21/2011 by | The Garage Sale Gal | Comments

Your LifeOkay, so let’s face it, going to garage sales isn’t brain surgery but finding them can sometimes be challenging. If garage sale signs aren’t placed just right then we might have to call on our maneuvering skills or we’ll be meandering aimlessly through neighborhoods searching for treasures. Where we put our signs is critical to throwing a successful sale. Julia Hooper found that out the hard way. “There were no other signs up when I put mine up so I …

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