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Wow, one of the most disturbing (in an interesting way ... maybe I should get a toupee?) episodes ever of "The Cheap Life" just went live on YouTube. I challenge "The Donald" himself, Donald Trump, to see if he can out-negotiate me and be a guest on my show.
May is National Bike Month, and it's the perfect time to hop on a bicycle both to get in shape and save some money by leaving your car parked in the garage. As we cyclists like to say: Cars run on money and make you fat; bicycles run on fat and save you money.
Check 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…
Dollar stores: Love 'em or hate 'em? This week's episode of "The Cheap Life" looks at the deals/no deals of shopping at dollar stores. Leave me a comment telling me what you think (on the YouTube page, not here) for a chance to win a $50 gift card ... and see Little Jeff scrubbing up in the bathtub!
Don'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…
A 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…
Gas prices these days remind me of temperatures across much of the country: way up one day, down the next, then up again.
Several 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…
"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.
Ah, 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.