Pecuniarities

As a follow-up to my post on how you can save money and get more exercise with a mini home gym, I thought I would offer some tips and tricks that Madoline and I have discovered over the years to burn a few extra calories and prevent weight gain during the course of our daily [...]

The Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are no doubt the 2 of the most looked forward to occasions in America. I know they’re my favorites. But over the years, I have to come find that while I very much enjoy the dinners, they are not without consequences – mainly the side effects of overindulgence: an “enhanced” [...]

There is nothing like a vacation with the whole family. Four-legged family members add a lot of fun to the trip, but they also add a lot of work and responsibility. (I’m thinking maybe each two legs is the equivalent of one two-legged person’s worth of energy.)
As I mentioned in my previous post, Frugal Travel [...]

It has been a very eventful week here at Pecuniarities, having hosted the Carnival of Debt Reduction and the first ever Carnival of Pecuniary Delights (which was a great success, if I do say so myself) from both of which I’m still recovering. If you haven’t yet checked them out, please do so! My favorite [...]

Having a mini home gym can save you hundreds of dollars a year and get you more exercise in the long run.

A few days ago, I came across a thread on a forum where a member wrote about something dishonest she had done in order to save money. This individual was cleaning out her kitchen pantry and came across some jars of pasta sauce that she had gotten in a Buy One Get One Free sale [...]

Back in the day when Madoline and I were concerned (or maybe obsessed is a better word) with weight loss and weight control, we would set restrictions for ourselves – daily caloric limit, no fat, no sugar, no carbohydrates, no wheat, etc., depending on the type of diet we were on. We were never really [...]