We all hear it all the time: having dinner at home with our family is good for us. We all know the health benefits, but is there even more to it? Can having family dinners make a big difference on our bank account as well?

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As a family, we have been to Thailand numerous times, but every time we would leave I felt like we had missed something. Every trip was great, and we had visited every historic site and interesting attraction on our list and yet I still felt like something was missing. We always try to have an authentic experience wherever we go and I felt like we just weren’t completely achieving that when visiting Thailand.

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*Updated November 2021

I had a big to-do list for 2020, but this year has thrown all of us a huge curveball. Most of the items I had on my list I have had to table for now. Travel plans and other things I wanted to do have been put on hold. This had me take a closer look at what I wanted to accomplish this year that was within my control; things I could cross off my list no matter what is going on in the world. A big one that stood out was to sign up for life insurance. As I read this on my list the irony of the perfect timing of this task wasn’t lost on me.

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With so much time on my hands lately I have been taking a deeper look at our family’s expenses and where we can trim down a bit. I realized our family was greatly overpaying for our cell phone service. Most of us signed up for a cell plan years ago and never give it a second thought. We figure as long as it works, then that’s good enough. But why overpay?

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When we think of technology advancing we mostly think about electronic items; phones, computers, TV’s etc. but what about non-electronic items? Did you know that technology is progressing when it comes to items like mattresses? What was once considered the best mattress; you know the ones found in a showroom surrounded by six salesmen, is now outdated. Chances are you probably slept on one of these last night. But all of that is changing. With so many shopping options available with the click of a mouse it’s time to leave the showroom behind.

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