Monthly Archives: June 2011

Chicken Salad

4 Quick Ways to Use Leftover Chicken

frugal
Whole chickens were on sale this past week for $0.67 a pound. Time to stock up on chicken! We make a lot of homemade chicken stock around here because it's very healing to the gut lining.  Every weekend I cook at least two chickens. Sometimes I roast the chickens first, other times I boil them. Roasting Your Chicken Roasting is simple:  Remove the chicken from the bag, and remove the liver, gizzard and heart from the inside of the chicken. … Read the rest

Credit Sesame Free Credit Score!

Just Stuff
Have you signed up with Credit Sesame yet?   Just wondering if you haven't, what you're waiting for? 🙂  It's a completely free way to track your credit score, with monthly updates, and they send you an email automatically letting you know when your credit score changes. Credit Sesame is a great way to keep an eye on your credit score.  It's easy to think you know everything going on with your credit but have you ever heard those stories about… Read the rest

What is Prosper Peer to Peer Lending?

Money
Peer to Peer lending is a relatively new idea, made easily possible by the Internet. Prosper cuts out the middleman – the bank and lending officers. Imagine the overhead the banks have, and how much they pay their employees, millions I'm sure! If you are looking for a way to invest and make more money than you could in a savings account, Prosper may be your best option.  I remember not too long ago ING Direct was actually giving us… Read the rest

Love Drop June 2011 The Aubin Family

Link Love
May's Love Drop was a super success, the team was able to follow through with their plan to deliver a car to the Stalnaker Family!  The Stalnaker Family had been hit hard by the gulf oil spill, losing both their cars and just having one bad thing after another. Love Drop came through with the help of Britt and her family and were able to meet the goal to get the Stalnaker's a car, plus lots of other cool stuff… Read the rest