Call it what you will — concrete camping or foolhardy — but camping outside stores to get the best Black Friday deals is a popular way for many people to spend their Thanksgiving. For some, it’s even a tradition that kicks off…
On Black Friday, millions of people will wake up early and hit the stores for a day of shopping and spending. On Thanksgiving, some people even camp out for Black Friday to be one of the first ones in the store…
If you’ve ever hosted Thanksgiving for friends and family, you know how easy it is for costs to spiral out of control. Turkey, sides, casseroles, pies, and cakes all add up to an enormous grocery bill. According to the American…
At the turn of the century, Cyber Monday wasn’t even a gleam in the eye of the retail PR team that would create it, and the person commonly credited with coining the phrase was still in college. Today, Cyber Monday…
My husband and I are avid composters. All our kitchen and yard waste goes into a bin we built ourselves, and we pull out enough finished compost each year to feed about half our vegetable garden. When my husband tells…
My husband and I own a 12-person design firm and, like thousands of other small-business owners in 2020, we had to make big changes in the way we worked. Our new normal involved sending our employees home for six weeks…
According to a July 2020 analysis conducted by the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP), the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp rise in hardship for many American families. Using data from the United States Census Bureau’s new experimental Weekly Household…
I’ve had tens of thousands of worms in my kitchen in years past, and I’ve never once tried to get rid of them. Now, after transitioning from full-time travel to a homestead, I’m acquiring several thousand more. We don’t operate an…
Keeping things fun and fresh in your relationship is vital. New and exciting experiences can be hard to come by after you’ve been with someone for a while. But when you share new experiences, you have opportunities to learn something…
In early 2020, America’s financial condition took a sudden dive. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the coronavirus pandemic more than quadrupled civilian unemployment rate as states shut down businesses and issued stay-at-home orders to contain the virus. With…
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