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Dining for Less
Shopping Tricks
Popcorn
Fall in the Midwest
Keeping it Green
New Year's Eve
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Dining Out for Less: 5 Tips
In these days of high energy prices and higher grocery costs, you may wonder
if there are any ways to make the cost of dining out a bit more affordable.
That too, seems to be getting more prohibitive -- by the minute -- in terms
of price. Well, there is some good news for you... |
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Saving Money
at the Grocery Store
Even before 2008 turned into a disaster and prices
started to escalate, my wife helped me to change all of that... OK, so
there's another story there, and I'll return to that on another day.
The key however, is in the "plan ahead" phrase above. That and a few
tips to follow before and during your next trip to the grocery store
could just save you a bundle. The reason? We spend, on average,
close to one third of our monthly budget... on food! |
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The Popcorn
Connection
Europeans learned about popcorn from Native Americans,
who may have likely brought some of to the first Thanksgiving.
And although it is generally thought of as a snack to be enjoyed at movie
theaters,
I suspect that there is a rather large segment of the population
who enjoy it on many other occasions. I am definitely part
of that segment... but my zeal for the fluffy white stuff has
led me to... |
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Fall in the Midwest
But this year it is the
maples that are putting on the best show, exploding like July
fireworks into brilliant oranges and reds that can be seen
everywhere, exclaiming the approach of winter. This time of year
is a large part of the reason that I love Illinois and
tolerate... |
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Keeping
the Tree Green
Lights begin to line the
rooftops, city work crews begin to hang decorations on the
street lights and lamp posts, and most of the time the local
sidewalks and shops are filled with smiling faces - oftentimes
despite the biting cold of the approaching winter solstice.
And my favorite thing to do is to light a fire in the fireplace
and anticipate the taste of that first eggnog as the smoke and
embers... |
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New Year's Eve
at Pheasant Run Resort
I have always celebrated New Year’s Eve, sometimes in “style” and
sometimes not, but I have almost always enjoyed the celebration
and the passing of one year into the next. And one of the
things that I have always tried to do is to make every New
Year’s Eve different... |
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