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Showing all tips submitted by 'leah'... 10 results found | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
saving money on gym
Because of the increased health benefits that a gym can offer, many health insurance companies offer money incentives to join the gym. For instance, Oxford freedom plan has a deal that if you go to the gym 50 times in 6 months they will give you $200. GHI is not as good but will provide monetary assistance to some designated gyms. One would have to call up their insurance companies and ask if t... Read more ... (0 comments) Best day to go shopping is Wednesday
For stores to discount stuff, they need to keep it on the shelves at original (higher) price for a few days. Usually, they do it on Monday and Tuesday, when nobody goes shopping. Then on Wednesday, they discount their prices, so you should go then while everything is still available and discounted. Read more ... (0 comments) Cook rice with chicken or vegetable stock instead of water
If you make your rice with chicken broth or vegetable stock instead of water, it will come out much better tasting and with a lot more flavor. Put as much stock as you usually put water, and that should be good. Read more ... (0 comments) Make your own coffee instead of going to Starbucks
If you make your own coffee, it can come out much better (after you learn how to make it, of course), and you'll save a lot of money. Some people don't realize how much money they can save by not getting Starbucks. $3.50 every weekday - that's $70 a month! Read more ... (0 comments) Don't buy pickles that have sugar in them
Too much sugar is bad for you - everybody knows that, right? Well, you'd never think that PICKLES have sugar in them - but a lot do. Check the ingredients on the jar before buying. A good brand to buy with 0 sugar is B&G. Read more ... (0 comments) Best present
The best present I've ever received is a personalized calendar. Whenever my fiancee and I would go on vacation we would take lots of pictures and then e-mailed them to our friends. One of our friends took the pictures and created a calendar for us as a new years present. Read more ... (0 comments) Paper Towels
Paper towels are not all created equal. As a matter of fact, I just got back from a science fair where I discovered that the best paper towels are Viva. Viva pick up the most spilled water and are the strongest among bounty brawny and next generation. I also found out that enzymes in detergent is what gets the stains out of the clothing and out of Wist and Tide, Tide stood up better. Read more ... (0 comments) Change your cat's water 3 times a day
Cats sense stale water much better than humans. If you see your cat drinking from a shower tap, or garden hose, that means you don't change his water often enough. You should do it 3 times a day minimum. Read more ... (0 comments) study tips
Alot of people have big exams approaching such as SAT GRE MCAT LSAT etc, The best way to study for vocabulary is to designate 40 word words or so a day and to put them on index cards. I thought that i knew the vocab I was studying but after mixing everything up it wasz as if I was seeing things for the first time. Read more ... (0 comments) password change
always change the password of a wireless router because then anybody can get into your internet/computer Read more ... (0 comments) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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