Comments on: How Have Economic Pressures Affected Your Home? http://discoveringdad.net/how-have-economic-pressures-affected-your-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-have-economic-pressures-affected-your-home Learning what it means to be a good Dad Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:12:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Weekly Roundup: Tip Dad is Back Edition | Tip Dad http://discoveringdad.net/how-have-economic-pressures-affected-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2206 Weekly Roundup: Tip Dad is Back Edition | Tip Dad Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:03:42 +0000 http://discoveringdad.net/?p=710#comment-2206 [...] Have Economic Pressures Affected Your Home? We’ve tried to shelter our kids from most of the bad news, and we’ve been fortunate not to have been personally affected by the downturn.  I can imagine the emotional toll it must take on little ones whose parents suddenly find themselves unemployed.  Even if we don’t explicitly share the bad news with kids, they are pretty good at detecting our anxiety and feel the stress themselves. [...] [...] Have Economic Pressures Affected Your Home? We’ve tried to shelter our kids from most of the bad news, and we’ve been fortunate not to have been personally affected by the downturn.  I can imagine the emotional toll it must take on little ones whose parents suddenly find themselves unemployed.  Even if we don’t explicitly share the bad news with kids, they are pretty good at detecting our anxiety and feel the stress themselves. [...]

]]> By: Phil http://discoveringdad.net/how-have-economic-pressures-affected-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Phil Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:20:46 +0000 http://discoveringdad.net/?p=710#comment-1721 We've been making little decisions about spending. When you add up the little things it turns into a whole lot! Years ago we eliminated cable and our home phone, now relying on Netflix for entertainment and our cell phones for home and away. But lately we've done things like not renewing magazine subscriptions, not buying dessert items at the store (ice cream is expensive!), doing more home projects ourselves (sprinklers, drywall, lawn fertilizing). We also don't eat out as much as we did just six months ago. Mainly we're just trying to change our mindset about consuming. We already have so much in our home, so why not revisit some of the books, games, tools, clothes that are already here rather than run out and buy new things. Phils latest discovery was..<a href="http://www.pkmeco.com/familyblog/2008/08/weekend-whatnot_29.html" rel="nofollow">Weekend Whatnot</a> We’ve been making little decisions about spending. When you add up the little things it turns into a whole lot!

Years ago we eliminated cable and our home phone, now relying on Netflix for entertainment and our cell phones for home and away.

But lately we’ve done things like not renewing magazine subscriptions, not buying dessert items at the store (ice cream is expensive!), doing more home projects ourselves (sprinklers, drywall, lawn fertilizing). We also don’t eat out as much as we did just six months ago.

Mainly we’re just trying to change our mindset about consuming. We already have so much in our home, so why not revisit some of the books, games, tools, clothes that are already here rather than run out and buy new things.

Phils latest discovery was..Weekend Whatnot

]]> By: VegasDad http://discoveringdad.net/how-have-economic-pressures-affected-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 VegasDad Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:48:34 +0000 http://discoveringdad.net/?p=710#comment-1692 Great post. Though we're not suffering by any means, the economic turmoil has affected us to some extent. I like your cost savings list. We've always done some of the things on it, so I can confirm how beneficial it can be to make slight changes in spending habits. It can certainly make a tremendous difference. VegasDads latest discovery was..<a href="http://ivegasfamily.blogspot.com/2008/08/you-want-man-touching-you-down-there.html" rel="nofollow">"you want a man touching you down there?"</a> Great post. Though we’re not suffering by any means, the economic turmoil has affected us to some extent. I like your cost savings list. We’ve always done some of the things on it, so I can confirm how beneficial it can be to make slight changes in spending habits. It can certainly make a tremendous difference.

VegasDads latest discovery was.."you want a man touching you down there?"

]]> By: Kevin T. http://discoveringdad.net/how-have-economic-pressures-affected-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Kevin T. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:03 +0000 http://discoveringdad.net/?p=710#comment-1691 We've done some of the same things you list - using coupons whenever possible, suspending our Netflix account, increased the air conditioning temperature by 2 degrees. We also installed a ceiling fan in the baby's room and one in the living room, and we'll be joining the Costco that is opening today just a few miles from our house. Kevin T.s latest discovery was..<a href="http://www.houleweb.com/blog/2008/08/daily-links-for-august-27-2008/" rel="nofollow">Daily Links for August 27, 2008</a> We’ve done some of the same things you list – using coupons whenever possible, suspending our Netflix account, increased the air conditioning temperature by 2 degrees. We also installed a ceiling fan in the baby’s room and one in the living room, and we’ll be joining the Costco that is opening today just a few miles from our house.

Kevin T.s latest discovery was..Daily Links for August 27, 2008

]]> By: Jeff F. http://discoveringdad.net/how-have-economic-pressures-affected-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 Jeff F. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:03:39 +0000 http://discoveringdad.net/?p=710#comment-1690 I steal ketchup packets and squeeze them all into my bigger ketchup bottle. I do the same with mustard, but not many restaurants put out mustard packets! So, far... I've saved about $4 doing this! :) I steal ketchup packets and squeeze them all into my bigger ketchup bottle. I do the same with mustard, but not many restaurants put out mustard packets!

So, far… I’ve saved about $4 doing this! :)

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