Thinking about moving? If you have kids, a big consideration will be the area schools available near your new potential home. In most parts of the US, your home is in one school district or another, and that determines which school your kids will attend. This can unfortunately make a huge difference, as not all schools are equal. And getting ... Read More »
Those clever littler personal organizers with the neat-o pages of all sorts are expensive. Especially when you go to buy refills and realize how much the whole package costs per year. Fortunately, you can print your own using free templates at a fraction of the cost. Printable planner pages While you’re still paying for paper and ink, this still tends ... Read More »
Little scratches from shopping carts and roadside shrubs and so on are the most common way for cars to get damaged. It’s not always worth either the time or money it takes to have a garage clean them up – a garage can take days to paint a car, because of the drying time. When you’ve got a noticeable scratch ... Read More »
The cable company gives you a four-hour window for when the installation person’s going to arrive to hook up your apartment. Problem: you really can’t be there, and they’ll need to be buzzed in the front and/or your unit will have to be unlocked for them. (And the cat can’t do it for you.) What do you do? Letting visitors ... Read More »
My driver’s license is expiring soon, and I never received a notice from the DMV to renew it. It was the sheerest of luck that I even noticed in time to get it renewed before it expired. I rarely ever look at it. They couldn’t tell me why I never got it, either. They’ve sent me other notifications without a ... Read More »
After any natural disaster involving flooding, a lot of cars are totaled. Some of them manage to find their way onto the used car market, where they are sold to unsuspecting buyers who have no idea how damaged they were. No matter when you’re shopping for a used car, you should be very diligent about checking that car’s history. The ... Read More »
Buying curtains and all the stuff you need to hang them up can be an expensive proposition. Curtains that look nice and complement your decor aren’t always on sale when you need them. But there’s a very cool DIY way to get great-looking curtains on the cheap – yes, even for those of us who can’t sew a stitch. DIY ... Read More »
If you have an open doorway in your home that you’d like to block off for privacy, there’s an incredibly simple, inexpensive way to do it. It doesn’t involve any drilling, any holes in any walls, any carpentry or even much work on your part. It also allows for as much creativity as you’ve got in you, because it can ... Read More »
