Glad to hear you are cooking. Have you checked out A Year of Slowcooking? Fabulous and easy recipes. I’ve tried a few recipes myself.

As for myself, I really need to get back into cooking. I just can’t seem to get back on schedule since the holidays. LOL.
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But I really liked your idea on looking for the best possible interest rates for savings–I’ve been completely overlooking a chunk of our savings that is getting no interest at all–it adds up, after all.

The only-rewards type thing I do is for frequent flyer miles–but I hardly use my credit card (except to buy the occasional plane ticket). It’s something to look into.
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I’ve got to the point where it’s difficult to cut my budget further, but it’s a tradeoff. For example I might save some money by growing my own vegetables, but the time spent on that represents an opportunity cost. For some activities it’s worth it – for example I do all my own painting and decorating, but some activities are just not worth it. You also need to throw in how much you like the activity too. Some people get a lot out of growing their own vegetables for example, nothing wrong with that.

These days I tend to focus on the “earning extra income” side of things. The emphasis so far being on increasing skills, setting up side businesses, and earning a higher salary in my “day job”. That’s worked fairly well for me so far.