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Saving Money #1: Cooking

January 4, 2012 by renee 4 Comments
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One of the new pots courtesy of my parents

I can cook. I’m not a gourmet chef but I can cook even though I haven’t mastered bread yet. Thanks to my mother, grandmother and two years of cooking class in high school with Miss Sooden, I can pretty much do anything, even make a white sauce. [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog, Budgeting Tagged With: 397 ways to save money, cooking, money, recipes, saving, saving money

What I’ve learned from freelancing

April 3, 2011 by renee 1 Comment
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“Freelancing. You spend half your time working and the other half looking for work.” – My neighbour

I’ve always freelanced in some form or another. Sometimes I was paid and sometimes I did it for free (friends, favours, bylines). I’ve always had a job though. There was the protection of a steady paycheque to cushion me against the quirks of freelancing.

Then last August I lost my job. I got a decent severance and I had savings but those never last as long as one would like so I had to do something quickly. [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog, Clippings Tagged With: freelance, freelance writing, freelancing, money, saving

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