It’s embarrassing to talk about your biggest money mistakes, but I’m writing this anyway. Hopefully it will help others avoid the blunders I made. My husband and I realized that we’ve spent the last several years undoing the damage we did from poor decisions in early adulthood. For example, we spent 5 years paying off […]
How to publish an ebook for Amazon Kindle: a simple tutorial
Although I’ve been writing on the internet since 2002, publishing an ebook for Amazon was brand new to me. The process was initially intimidating, but I learned how to publish an ebook for Amazon Kindle and went on to write 6 ebooks for the Amazon marketplace. It isn’t as difficult as you may think. This […]
How to publish an ebook for Amazon Kindle: marketing your ebook
Part Two of this tutorial on how to publish an ebook for Amazon Kindle. 6) Format your ebook for Kindle Your ebook has to be formatted in such a way so as to read cleanly in an e-reader. Word processing programs add code of their own that can cause the ebook to appear wonky. No […]
A bit of random, influenza version
A nasty virus (probably the flu, since the stricken are bedridden for days with high fevers and severe joint/muscle aches), is currently making its way through my family. I haven’t slept properly in nearly a week, thanks to a feverish, coughing baby who has made me the human pacifier (I’ve been nursing and carrying him […]
How to invest small amounts of money, even on a tight budget
One of the regrets I have about how I’ve handled money in my life? That I didn’t start investing earlier. I didn’t know how to invest small amounts of money. (Because small amounts were all I had!) Wait, I take that back. When I was very young I worked at Starbucks. A portion of my […]
Recent frugal accomplishments
Recent Frugal Accomplishments; this little meme keeps me accountable. Sometimes it’s tough to keep up frugality for the long-term, so posting here helps me remember the little things I do every day to save money. I bought a 50 pound bag of oats on Amazon. We eat oats in some form every day. And this bag, […]
100 Free Top Blogging Tips
100 Free Top Blogging Tips is a collection of the best bits of advice I’ve learned in 14 years of blogging. Yes, it’s been that long, and I have the Wayback Machine archives to prove it! You can have it for free simply by entering your name and email address below. I don’t write often […]
Five Frugal Things
Five Frugal Things; this little meme keeps me accountable. Sometimes it’s tough to keep up frugality for the long-term, so posting here helps me remember the little things I do every day to save money. I snagged a 30 pound bag of organic brown rice at Bargain Hunt for $15. Speaking of Bargain Hunt… I […]
Recent Frugal Accomplishments
I like to list my frugal accomplishments for a few reasons. One, I like reading these when other people post them because I get new ideas. Two, it shows that frugality looks different for everyone, and that’s ok. A few recent frugal accomplishments … My dryer (which we purchased used two years ago) is broke, […]
Recent Frugal Accomplishments
There are more than 5 things here, so “recent frugal accomplishments”, rather than “5 Frugal Things” it is. I earned a $10 Starbucks gift card with a survey phone app called Surveys On The Go. There are only two survey apps I can recommend (I’ve tried several, they all got deleted except these two). One […]