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Missing Your Family with DealDash

Everyone loves spending time with their family, but what about when one of your family members is far away? Here are some ideas from your friends at DealDash.

If you are missing a family member the emotions can be a little tough to deal with. It’s especially difficult if you are missing your child or your parent – someone who you are used to spending every day with, enjoying their company. The most important thing to remember is that it’s okay to feel a little sad when you think about them and miss them.

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DealDash Recipes: Healthy Granola

Granola is a very popular food that you can use for breakfast, brunch, or even a trail mix-type snack. The thing is, it’s not always healthy…

Granola is delicious and can be very healthy for you, however if you buy the kind that they have in the supermarket it can be filled with extra fats and sugars that you might not even notice unless you really scrutinize the nutrition label. Luckily, though, if you make the granola yourself it can be very heart-healthy. Heart-healthy foods are those that contain heart-healthy unsaturated fat such as nuts, olive oil, seeds & berries,  — Read full post

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DealDash Hangs the Laundry

Some people might say that hanging the laundry outside is ridiculous to bother with when you have a nice dryer inside. But there’s just something about laundry dried outside…

I get it, I get it – you have an expensive new dryer that you got when you bought your new HE washing machine. Why would you hang your laundry outside when you have a nice dryer inside? A few reasons, actually. Here are some of the benefits of hanging your laundry outside to dry in the spring, summer, and fall.

  • It’s cheaper! Things being cheaper is my main motivation for
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DealDash Budgets for a Trip

We are getting towards the end of summer, the next opportunity to take a fun trip might be during spring break. Let’s try to budget for a trip.

I love taking trips – from a short weekend somewhere local to a multi-week journey, count me in! However, since I have small children, things just aren’t quite as simple anymore, and we will need to budget the amount of money we plan on spending. If we don’t take the time to set up a budget beforehand and save up some extra money we might find ourselves putting things on credit cards  — Read full post

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DealDash Reduces Water Waste

It’s been a long hot summer this year, and we are experiencing quite a drought. Here are some helpful ways to save water.

Did you know that out of all of the water here on Earth only about 30% is good for drinking or household use? That’s right! When thinking about this small percentage it really encourages you to try to save water where ever you can. Every little bit helps.

My town and the towns around me are on a partial water ban – we can only water our lawns on Saturdays before 9AM and after 5PM. It really  — Read full post