Author: Sandy L
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Favorites Week of Oct 29th 2010
Tweet Here are some of my favorites from the week. I’ll keep it short, since I had some lengthy commentary on some of the articles below. Thanks everyone for all the great writing. Have a great Halloween. Heather from Want What You Have has great tips on Saving Money During a Crisis. Heather is a…
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Free Giveaway – Babci’s Red Currant Jelly
Tweet Today marks my first giveaway. Homemade red currant jelly. This isn’t something you can easily find in the grocery store, so this item is truly unique. In fact, it’s the secret ingredient in Martha Stewart’s home made quick cranberry sauce recipe. These currants were lovingly grown by Babci herself and canned by yours truly.…
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Slow Food = Feeling like you Have More time?
Tweet One of the annual events that I started once Babci moved to my town is making red current jelly. It is truly a team effort and it reminds me of the old barn raising days where the community gets together to help each other. A Great Sense of Community Every year, my mom grows…
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Diversity Leads To Innovation
Tweet I absolutely loved yesterday’s monkey writing experiment and I just wanted to write a quick note about my observations from the day. First of all, I want to thank the 7 other bloggers that wrote fantastic articles. Each article was utterly unique and very enjoyable to read. No 2 stories were alike and I…
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Why Gorillas don’t have 401K plans
Tweet Today is the first post of a monkey carnival. The goal was to have several bloggers all tie a personal finance lesson to one of our favorite primates. I’m eager to read everyone’s stories. When I first concocted this topic, I really had no idea what I’d be writing about. Then, when I started…
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Product Differentiating Part 2 – CornMazing
Tweet This post is for Kris at Everyday Tips. Yesterday she said that she had no product differentiated places by her that were fall themed and I felt sad for her. I think I found one though. (Kris there is a corn maze in Bloomfield Hills and a handful of other places around Michigan.) For…
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America’s Poverty Rate + Free Advertising
Tweet Budget Planner – Mint.com So, there have been a few bloggers recently that have been debating whether the economy is recovering or not. It seems like this chart from mint says it all. Some parts of the country look pretty good with less than 10% of the population living below poverty level, but when…
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Product Differentiating Pumpkins
Tweet Pardon the crappy cell phone photo, but when I was at our local pumpkin patch this weekend, I was inspired to write a post about the experience. You see, every fall for the month of October, a few of our local farms go all out and turn picking out a pumpkin into a rootin,…
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Babci, Foliage, Bandits and Decision Making
Tweet This week in New England, we are just about hitting peak foliage. It’s times like these when folks drive around the countryside thinking about retiring in a cute little homestead in the countryside. You know the one, it’s sitting a top a big hill. It overlooks a mountain range and is covered with a…
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The Financial Monkey -Writing Experiment
Tweet In an effort to draw upon the talents of the many aspiring writers out there, I’m proposing a little writing experiment. Anyone who wants to join is welcome but the premise is this: A group of bloggers will all write an article about a certain odd ball topic and all post the resulting content on the…