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91 Ways to Save on Almost Anything
Here's how to stretch your dollars -- and pinch your pennies 'til they scream -- while you feel little or no pain.
by Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
Want to save a buck? How about a few hundred or a couple thousand?
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Q:
"Hi ! I am in the process of organizing in preparation for becoming a single mother. My primary concern is that I am an only child without a strong support network (my parents believe that I am committing an enormous sin and am blaspheming against God etc...). If I have a child with DI, what happens to the baby if something happens to me?? I am buying a strong life-insurance policy for the financial aspect, but what about the rest?? I am desperate to be a mom since the traditional 'plan' isn't working out, but I am really worried about this. (Also, how do I handle the announcement at work? Will they think badly of me?). Michelle"
A:
"Dear Michelle, thank you for contacting us at SingleMom.com™. There isn't an easy way to tell you exactly what will happen to your future or how you should handle with the rest of the world.
First, you had already decided to to be a single mother. The decision had been made and what is more important than that.
Secondly, you worry about your parents. If you really worry that having this child will damage your relationship with your parents, you would have think twice about it. However, you are old enough to make your own decision in life. Even though, it is not an easy decision. I'm sure that in time, you just need to prove to your parents that you still love & respect them. And that you wish they would do the same.
Third, you worry about how to break the news at work. Well, any choice that you make in life will effect some people that love and care for you such as your family members, friends, and else. You just need to be calm and expect the unexpected. Some will welcome you and your news and some will not show you any respect. Again, it's part of life. You don't live to please everyone or try to make everyone happy, right?
Financially & emotionally will be harder for you when this child is born. Imagine raising a child by yourself, it will be a lot of works, but it will be rewarding too. Please be prepare, it will not be easy and in order for you to get ready for this. Please do more research about single mom. You can read many articles on our Web site as well as many others.
I wish you the best and I hope that you are ready to be a wonderful mother :)
Take care."
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Fight against credit card rate hikes
by Gerri Willis, CNN finance editor
As expected, credit card issuers are raising fees and rates just before legislative restrictions take place next February. But you don't have to be vulnerable. Here are some alternatives to bank credit cards.
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Suze Orman's Recession Rescue Plan - helps you survive in times of financial crisis
OPRAH.com
Do you know what your family would do if you lost your job - or worse, your home? Financial expert Suze Orman is ready to help you devise a recession rescue plan to survive - and possibly thrive - during this deepening financial crisis...
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Save More Every Week
RealSimple.com
TRACK YOUR SPENDING FOR ONE WEEK and transfer the totals to this log created by Jill Gianola, a certified financial
planner and the author of
The Young Couple's Guide to Growing Rich Together . Make categories for
repeat purchases, such as coffee, lunch, movies, and manicures, then decide whether you can cut back on or eliminate the
expense or whether it’s a must-have.
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The 10-Ingredient Shopping Trip
By Tara Parker-Pope and Mark Bittman
... In his latest “How to Cook Everything” segment on the Today Show, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman makes it surprisingly easy to cook a week’s worth of dinners with just a 10-ingredient shopping trip.
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Your Just-in-Case Emergency Plan
by RealSimple
Who do you call if you can't make it home in time to meet the kids' bus? Who do
you trust to take in your mail when you're on vacation? Who do you trust with
the extra set of keys to your house?
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How to save $10,000 in 2009
By Liz Pulliam Weston
If you were hoping for a list of small tweaks you could make in your spending to save $10,000 a year, sorry. The reality is that $10,000 is a lot of money. And saving big money usually means making big changes in the areas where we spend the most, such as: Housing, Transportation, Food.
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Wash the Dishes with All Your Heart
by Victoria Moran
"In a charmed life, the best thing going is what is happening now"
Even the most dazzling lives are punctuated more by commas and periods than by exclamation marks. You virtually guarantee a charmed life when you can give yourself as fully to doing the dishes, and tending to the other miscellanea that make up your day, as to some grand adventure...
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32 and Counting? Finding Your Happily Ever After Today
by Gi Gi
The author talks about the struggles a single mom goes through and the discovery that you can have HEAT (Happily Ever After Today) just as you are, being single, taking care of your kids...
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The Super, Sexy, Single Mom on a Budget
by Renee Rayles
A quick reference guide designed for the busy, single mom who has
little time to read while running the mom taxi, cooking dinner, helping with homework, and trying to fit in a date night every now and then.
TheOnlineMom.com offers parents and consumers a guide to the top-rated, age-appropriate, kid-tested and parent-approved tech toys and gifts.
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Your 5-minute guide to protecting your identity
20 steps to protect yourself from identity theft, and seven ways to clean up things if you become a victim.
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