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Life tip: Always call your mom on your birthday

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If you’re like most people you love getting phone calls from your special friends and family members on your birthday.

After all, it’s a very special day that only comes around once a year.

But guess what? You shouldn’t wait for your mom to call you on your birthday. If you’re lucky enough to still have her around you should call her instead.

Why? Because your birthday is just as special and important to your mom as it is to you.

Think about it for a moment…

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Homemade fruity popsicles make a healthy and delicious summertime treat

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Now that summer is just around the corner it’s a perfect time to make plans for treating your kids (and yourself!) to some delicious frozen treats.

And what could be better on a hot summer day than a variety of fruity (and healthy) homemade frozen popsicles?

Surprisingly, these tasty “cool-off” snacks are some of the easiest treats you can make at home… [Read more…]

How ‘Shrinkflation’ is sneakily inflating your everyday expenses

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I’m sure you’re well aware of the price hikes that are seemingly taking place on a monthly basis.

Right now we’re all experiencing inflation the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades.

Inflation itself is bad enough, but there’s also something else going on that’s making the situation even worse…

In case you haven’t noticed, the quantities of many of the products we use on a regular basis are shrinking while their prices either stay the same, or even go up.

This is what’s known as “shrinkflation”, inflation’s closely-related, but extremely deceitful cousin.  [Read more…]

Warning: ‘Free Trial’ offers can cost you dearly if you aren’t careful.

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I’m sure you’ll agree that the Internet has changed the world in many ways.

Most of those changes were for the better (in my humble opinion), but some of them were actually for the worse.

The Internet’s most awesome benefit is the way it lets us access needed information from home in seconds instead of having to drive across town to the library.

Nowadays you can instantly get an answer to most any question via a simple web search.

But unfortunately, the Internet also makes it a LOT easier for the scammers of the world to take advantage of unsuspecting victims.

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