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5 Foods to Help Lower Your Blood Pressure

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It serves a purpose of course and extends lives, but if there is a non-prescription solution to wait ails me, I want to use it instead! Home monitoring of blood pressure. Because I wanted to see if the pressure was up all the time, I decided to monitor from home. Lifestyle changes include eating foods that help with the fight.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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Four Course Festa Italiana at Olive Garden!

Nicoles Nickels

Olive Garden just launched one of its most popular promotions of the year, Four Course Festa Italiana. The food is delicious and the portions are large. And they have some fabulous promotions throughout the year such as the Four Course Festa Italiana! and includes 4 courses of yumminess! We always leave full and happy.

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Q&A | frugal mental health, “why did you get a cat”?, and phones for kids

The Frugal Girl

Second, I try to put nourishing food into my body. I don’t do deprivation when it comes to food, so this is less, “Don’t eat any chocolate” and more, “ Eat as many fruits and veggies as you can.” I lean on friends ($0) Friends are important for anyone, of course!

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Enjoy Life, Save Money – Use your Work Job Perks!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Of course I signed up with each airline and hotel for points. Here is a list of some of the other work perks I have experienced: A bigger cube by the window, a display phone, a bigger, faster PC with a bigger monitor than most had. Of course, he was also a Vice-President so that might have helped too. Free 3 Star Hotel Rooms.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Only 43 percent of adults keep close track of their spending , and more than 128,400,000 adults do not know how much they spend on food, housing, and entertainment, and do not monitor their overall spending (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling).

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Are You Planning For Aging in Place?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Of course, we know that things may change and we may decide to go elsewhere for some reason, but for now, we are looking at our current residence as our possible last. Eating and food preparation. Food & food prep. Will you prepare food or is there a service that can deliver hot meals to you. I’m not.

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