Reducing our household bills is a battle that every homeowner participates in every month. Money might not be short, but it definitely doesn’t grow on trees and not many of us can afford to fork out hundreds of pounds monthly. Most us cannot afford to fork out hundreds of pounds monthly especially when we can cut back easily by switching energy suppliers. The majority of use, however, will not switch even when we know how much we could save. Why?
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So, you have locked yourself out again. Now you call the locksmith and they quote you $50 to get you in the house and once they arrive it rises to $150. How do you avoid this? How do you ensure that you are getting a legitimate locksmith and not a scammer? Follow these tips to ensure you encounter a legit transaction with a professional locksmith.
Research Reputable Locksmiths
If you are online, google search Chicago locksmiths and find dealers in your area. Then check their ratings and reviews out and the Better Business Bureau’s rating of the company. Then you can be assured you have a reputable company that provides a safe and scam-free service. If you don’t find very much information on the company, look elsewhere. This is not a time to skimp on price or quality. Your safety is at risk if you choose a scammer.
How it all started…
It’s kind of comical how we ended up buying our iRobot Roomba 530. My husband told me that he was willing to start looking after cleaning the floors in our home. I was pumped as I find my weekends are generally filled with so many things to do after working all week, and not having to clean the floors would give me more time to get my other stuff done.
So, a few days later, I came home from work and discovered that my husband bought us a robot, and not just any robot, one that will clean our floors! At first I thought this was kind of weird. I mean, who would have thought of buying a robot? It makes me think of that movie with Will Smith when all the robots turn evil and start killing people.
It took a while to get over the strangeness of having a robot in my home.
Anyway, after getting over the weirdness of the whole thing, I began to really like this little robot. After all, it saves me at least two to three hours of time every week, freeing me up to do other things.
It’s a problem that has plagued humans all throughout history. Yes, wrinkled clothes have annoyed countless humans. Nothing is more irritating than putting on that special shirt or blouse, only to find it is unwearable due to the many wrinkles it carries. That’s where the iron comes in. While it may have gone through much iteration, its core mission has stayed the same, to straighten out your clothes. Here’s how irons have developed as technology has changed, and just how much value they add to the home.
Traditional Irons
As you might imagine, traditional irons were quite rudimentary. The Chinese would fill pans with hot coals, and then press that over stretched cloth to get rid of wrinkles. Meanwhile, people in Europe would use stones, glass, and even wood to smooth out garments. The improvements have been small until recently.
I was thinking about saving money these days and the reason why I think it is so hard for most people. One reason is, of course, media and advertisements that have everyone thinking that we have to have the next best thing that comes out. But there is something else that plays a big part in our inability to save money: I believe that we all think too large these days.
Back when I was a kid there was a saying, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” We picked up pennies with joy because we could get two pieces of candy for a penny. I know that the penny does not mean anything anymore, and there are even discussions about doing away with the penny. The day that happens I will be heartbroken! It may sound silly, but I grew up in a time when there was still a lot of value to the penny. This, I believe, is where our downfall starts.
Start Saving Now – No Matter How Little You Have
We think that if we do not have $100 or more to put in savings that it is not worth putting in anything. But just like the piggy banks I had as a kid filled up in just a few months with pennies, our bank accounts could look a whole lot better over a few months if we just put even $20 in for every paycheck. How about we change the slogan to, “A dollar saved is a dollar earned”? To many of us, that is also too small a denomination to matter. I say we should give it a try.