Disney World on a Budget

 
A Disney trip is at the top of the vacation list for most young families.  However, let’s face it, the happiest place on earth can also be  the most expensive.  Disney,  amongst all the various theme parks,  has marketing and promotions down to an art form and it can be hard to resist the pleas of the [...]

Education for free

My one take-away LSS from Avenue Q was Trekkie Monster’s mantra:  The internet is for porn.

While that may be true for most,  the internet has proven extremely useful for geeky SAHM moms like myself to keep up to date with the latest global issues and trends.   The internet has shrunk the [...]

Planning ahead? Try using a Financial Calendar

I’m sure that we’ve all be in similar situations — plotted out our budget for the next 6-12 months –  only to wonder why it isn’t working.  Well, in my case,  I realized early on that I had forgotten to account for seasonality — big ticket expenses such as yearly insurance premiums and quarterly tuition [...]

A great idea for parents: Online Group Buying for New Parents

New parents quickly realize that with a new baby brings with it a whole slew of accessories from diapers to baby rails to car seats.   With safety concerns being raised on a fairly regular basis on various items,  we are deterred from sifting through garage sales to get bargains.  Fighting my way through the horde during [...]

A special invitation for guilt free luxe shopping at Gilt.com!

Have you ever pushed and shoved your way through a sample sale?  Endured the crowds at the mall looking for the perfect bargain item?  Waited patiently until your favourite designer or luxe brand has an end-of-season sale? 
Well,  that could all change courtesy of gilt.com.  This wonderful website features fairly current items from your favourite [...]

2009 Goal-setting: Keeping promises

My past is littered with broken New Years resolutions.  Let’s see…  I’ve gained additional poundage (not lost them),  dipped into the emergency fund, busted my budget for discretionary expenses and  gained additional poundage procrastinating in front of the boob-tube (there’s a reason why they called it the idiot-box!).  Lists will only work if they are [...]

Freebie picks of the week

I’ve come across some website gems which I’d like to share with everyone.

Open Yale Courses – Lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses are made available to the public free of charge via the internet. The courses span the full range of liberal arts disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, and physical and biological sciences.

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Open Yale Courses

This is way cool.  I just found out that Yale has made several of their courses free over the internet.
Taken from the Open Yale Courses FAQ:

What is Open Yale Courses?
Open Yale Courses provides lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public free of charge via the internet. The courses span the [...]

Tikatok: Book Publisher for Kids

We should do all we can to encourage our kids’ imagination and creativity.  What better way to encourage the next Charles Dickens or JKRowling than have their book(s) published?
Tikatok is offering a great service by providing children and their parents with a platform in which they can write and illustrate their own stories,  share them [...]

Got debt to pay off? Color it away!

We do whatever we can to pay off debt or save for the future. I don’t know about you but constantly looking at numbers just gives me a huge headache (ironic, considering the nature of my work) which is why it is sooo easy to fall off the bandwagon. I came across a [...]