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04 May 2019

No Fee Visas at Staples

219/365 Starting tomorrow, you can pick up some fee-free Visa gift cards at Staples. I use my Chase Ink Business Plus to get 5x Ultimate Rewards at office supply stores. While Chase no longer offers this card, you could use my referral to get the Business Preferred (which does not get 5x at office supply stores), and then downgrade to…

03 May 2019

By Debra Baca

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DOSH Is Turning Two

Earning Money, Saving Money

218/365 DOSH is having an anniversary this weekend, and they are celebrating by increasing the cash back they offer at a few stores by, you guessed it, 2%. I am most interested in the increased amount at Staples. Let's see why... Fee-Free Visas at Staples Starting on Sunday, May 5, through Saturday, May 11, 2019, you can pick up a…

02 May 2019

By Debra Baca

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Reservations for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

Disney

217/365 This morning, reservations went live for the first few weeks that Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is open, from May 31 until June 23. It wasn't for long, though. In the first few minutes, reservations for opening weekend were gone. Within an hour and a half, all of the reservations were gone. After June 24 There has been much speculation…

01 May 2019

By Debra Baca

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Free Rejoins This Week on Swagbucks LIVE

Earning Money

216/365 All this week, you can earn a Free Rejoin just for playing Swagbucks LIVE each day! Use Next Week Your Free Rejoins this week will be available to use next week. When Swagbucks did this last time, they even extended the Free Rejoins into the following week, which was nice for me since I missed a game in there…

30 Apr 2019

By Debra Baca

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Swagbucks iSpy

Earning Money

215/365 Each month or so, Swagbucks hosts a Twitter party of sorts with a fun game of iSpy. They tweet clues to Swag Codes throughout the day along with a link to search for the answer. If you are the first however many "Swaggernauts" to enter the code, you can win SB. Follow Swagbucks The first thing to do is…

29 Apr 2019

By Debra Baca

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End of the Month

Disney, Saving Money

214/365 Here it is, the end of the month has snuck up on us. There are a few tasks add to your to do list in the next couple of days. Luckily, it is not the end of the quarter, so we don't have as much as we did last month. Grocery Store Rewards While last month I was eager…

28 Apr 2019

By Debra Baca

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Earth Week: Reusable Straws

Saving Money, Travel

213/365 Today I'm rounding out my week-long series on Earth Week, and how our family is reducing our footprint on this fragile planet, by talking all about reusable straws! Recycling Disposable Straws I had the idea for reusable straws several years ago when I realized that we were throwing away too many straws. However, I recently saw that City of…

27 Apr 2019

By Debra Baca

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Earth Week: Solar Panels

Saving Money

212/365 Back in 2014, we decided to take a leap of faith and get solar panels for our house. This was around the time that quite a few people had solar on their house, but it hadn't taken off like it has now. Bryan did some research and found that Solar City (owned by Tesla) was the company to hire.…

26 Apr 2019

By Debra Baca

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Earth Week: Reusable Bags

Disney, Saving Money

211/365 Several years ago, I had the idea to start taking my own bags with me to the grocery store. The clerks generally looked at me like I was crazy, because at that time, bringing your own bag wasn't really a thing, at least in Arizona. I even had my own produce bags I had bought online. That really threw…

25 Apr 2019

By Debra Baca

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Earth Week: Suburban Garden

Saving Money

210/365 This spring, Bryan has resurrected his dream of building a garden in our backyard. He's been hard at work clearing space, mapping out garden beds, and setting up our composting systems so that we are ready for planting in midsummer. Valley of the Sun Where we live is not called the Valley of the Sun for nothing. We have…