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    Beside-U Travel Bags – Safe, Secure and Fashionable #Giveaway

    April 1, 2016 - By 

    Beside-U travel bags are designed for both everyday use and travel use. Beside-U’s everyday, and travel friendly design makes these bags the perfect solution for any trip. They are attractive, reliable and just the right size for your personal or professional travel needs. Beside-U bags also feature a secure RFID ( Radio Frequency Identification) guarded pocket to protect your sensitive credit card information. That detail makes them my new favourite travel product. Let me tell you why. Beside-U Bags – The Name Says it All I love Tap & Go™, and Interac Flash Technologies. I use Tap & Go™ at stores where they…

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    Seven Easy Ways to Save Money on Your Groceries

    March 14, 2016 - By 

    If you want to save money on groceries, it’s not as difficult as you think. A lot of people think they have to sacrifice what they love, but the reality is that there a few simple things you can do to save money on groceries without adopting austerity tactics for the pantry. Save Money on Groceries with These 7 Easy Approaches Saving money on groceries is less difficult than a lot of folks think it is. In fact, when you read these tips, you’ll see that they’re mainly exercising common sense and using what you have to your advantage. That makes…

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    6 Classes to Consider When You Buy an RV

    February 24, 2016 - By 

    These days road tripping is more popular than ever. If you don’t really want to do the sleep in a tent on the ground kind of camping that many are comfortable with, then you might give some though to buying or renting an RV. There are several things to take into consideration when you buy an RV. RVs come in several varieties and sizes, have different features, and are designed for different things. Some of these recreational vehicles are equipped with everything you need to take your family on the road and live for weeks inside them. Others are not…

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    What is a Bull Market? Mind Your Money Series – Part 2

    February 18, 2016 - By 

    Last time, we talked about a bear market in the Mind Your Money Series. Today, we’ll look at a bull market. Just like with the bear market, if you don’t do a lot of investing or watch a lot of financial news, you might not know what a bull market is. I have made it my job in my 40s to do better understanding where and when and how to invest. This month I spied a million magazine headlines speculating about bear and bull markets so I figured I would take some time to map it out for myself so I…

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    family - Uncategorized

    What is a Bear Market? Mind Your Money Series – Part 1

    February 17, 2016 - By 

    If you’ve done any type of investing or watched any sort of financial news, you’ve probably heard the term, bear market. Depending on your investment or financial knowledge you may or may not know what a bear market is. In my 40s I have made it my mission to be smart and savvy about investing, spending and donating money. I am a cautious investor and honestly quite new to the stock market so when I read stock market news I take it to heart and all of the talk recently about bull and bear markets got me wondering what does that…

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    Giving Assistant – On Line Shopping Is Fun Again

    February 12, 2016 - By 

    Giving Assistant makes online shopping fun again. Remember when online shopping was exciting? Remember finding awesome deals and great coupon codes and thinking, “I am a shopping master!” These days, online shopping can be more of a hassle than anything else. With Giving Assistant, online shopping is back in all its glory. Giving Assistant – How It’s Bringing the Fun Back One of the most frustrating parts of online shopping is finding promo codes. Well, that’s not exactly true. You can find promo codes all day long, but will those codes work? That’s the big question. The answer is: who knows?…

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    Budgeting for A Family Trip

    January 26, 2016 - By 

    Budgeting for a family trip is the only real way to make sure you have a good time instead of constantly worrying about the cost of the trip. Budgeting allows you to save more so there’s less worry when the trip rolls around. And who wants to worry when they’re supposed to be relaxing? 5 Tips to Budgeting for a Family Trip Budgeting doesn’t have to be as hard or as horrible as most people think it is. Generally speaking, you can do a few small things over the course of the year that can have you sitting pretty when it’s…

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    family - Health

    Save Money and Your Health This Year

    January 7, 2016 - By 

    Price matching, bargain shopping, bargaining, negotiating, saving, penny pinching. No matter what you call it, we all want to save money. Saving money is the key to building money. Saving money can be an art form if you commit and January is the perfect time to make a change that will set you on a path to saving for the rest of 2016. Money is on everyone’s radar this time of year. We’re all reeling from the spending shock of the holidays, and we’re on the lookout for any way we can to save money. But what if we focused…

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    Health - infertility

    Ontario’s IVF Funding Program Makes a Merry Christmas for Infertility Patients #IVF4ON

    December 23, 2015 - By 

    Ontario’s IVF Funding Program It’s a hopeful and Merry Christmas for Ontario infertility patients. Ontario’s promise to create an IVF funding program became reality this week with the announcement that 50 clinics throughout Ontario will now be offering a funded IVF (in vitro fertilization) cycle. That’s a Happy Holiday announcement for the many infertility patients in Ontario who have been struggling to access affordable infertility treatment necessary to help them start a family. It’s been several long years since a group of Ontario infertility patients, called Conceivable Dreams, started advocating for reinstatement of IVF funding. With Ontario’s IVF funding program there…

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    Small Business Ideas For Teens

    December 18, 2015 - By 

    Just a few short months ago my kids discovered the beauty of starting a very small business. I couldn’t have been happier. Oh one of my daughters has been babysitting for years. But this summer the kids stumbled upon a petsitting business they didn’t even really set out to build. A friend of ours needed some cats watched for three days. So we volunteered. Then another friends needed petsitting and we said we could do it and then a couple more friends were heading away for a week and both of my girls decided they’d help out there too. So…