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A month by month college application plan for high school seniors

By Staff Writer | Updated September 24, 2026

A college application plan works better when each month has a limited job. Senior year becomes difficult when college research, essays, recommendations, financial aid, schoolwork, and deadlines are treated as one large project. Common App...

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Car insurance for single parents: Coverage that fits

By Staff Writer | Updated September 24, 2026

For a single parent, the family car is not a convenience; it is a lifeline. It gets kids to school, gets you to work, and holds the whole schedule together. That makes car insurance one...

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15 tiny money habits that can save you $200 a month or more

By Katy Willis | Updated September 24, 2026

You check your account balance on a random Tuesday and it’s $340 lower than you expected, again. Nothing dramatic happened. No big purchase, no emergency, just the usual mix of coffee, a couple of Amazon...

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13 vintage Fisher-Price toys worth serious money right now

By Katy Willis | Updated September 24, 2026

That yellow and blue plastic house in the basement, the one with the doorbell that still rings and the garage door that still rolls up, is not just clutter waiting for a garage sale sticker....

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Practical advice for single mothers who run a business

By Staff Writer | Updated September 24, 2026

Running a business alone alongside raising kids takes incredible resilience and strategic planning. Balancing client demands with parental duties requires systems that keep daily chaos under control. Many women find that building a sustainable enterprise...

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18 jobs paying $65K+ per year without a 4-year degree that always need workers

By Katy Willis | Updated September 24, 2026

A bigger paycheck often seems to come with a catch: years in college, a pile of student loans, or a career path that feels shaky the minute the economy slows down. There is another lane....

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20 Walmart Frozen Breakfasts Under $3 That Beat the Big-Name Brands

By Katy Willis | Updated September 24, 2026

Busy September mornings make convenience expensive fast. A breakfast sandwich on the way to work, a coffee-shop pastry, or one last-minute drive-through stop can cost more than several breakfasts pulled from the freezer at home....

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When a full X account cleanup makes more sense than deleting posts one by one

By Staff Writer | Updated September 23, 2026

Deleting a few old X posts is easy when the problem is small. The situation changes when an account has years of replies, reposts, opinions, abandoned projects, and old promotional content. X does not offer...

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21 dollar coins worth much more than $1

By Katy Willis | Updated September 23, 2026

That coffee can of old dollar coins in the closet, the ones your grandfather kept “just in case,” is worth actually checking before it gets dumped into a bank counting machine for face value. Dollar...

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21 blue-collar jobs that pay more than most office jobs, no degree required

By Katy Willis | Updated September 23, 2026

A journeyman elevator mechanic in New York can pull down more than $150,000 a year once overtime is added, and the only credential required to get there is a high school diploma. That number surprises...

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30 Aldi food finds for Sept. 23. – Sept. 29

By Katy Willis | Updated September 23, 2026

Late September is when dinner starts leaning warmer and heavier, but the calendar does not suddenly give you more time to cook. Plus, the weather is in that weird transitional phase where it goes from...

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30 Aldi middle aisle bargains for Sept. 23. – Sept. 29

By Katy Willis | Updated September 23, 2026

Ah, late September, when the house suddenly wants warmer bedding, closets start looking underprepared for cooler mornings, and Halloween is close enough that waiting much longer can mean paying full seasonal-store prices for decorations you...

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Which Colorado auto accident facts matter most to drivers

By Staff Writer | Updated September 23, 2026

Colorado drivers dealt with more than 100,000 reported crashes in a single recent year, and a chunk of those left someone hurt. You probably won’t find that number on a billboard, but it shapes how...

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Autism service dog training

By Staff Writer | Updated September 23, 2026

The ADA states that a dog qualifies as a service animal if it has been individually trained to perform tasks that mitigate a person’s disability. Autism is a lifelong condition, and service dogs can help...

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How single moms can prepare for the legal side of divorce

By Staff Writer | Updated September 22, 2026

If you’ve reached a point where divorce feels less like a fleeting thought and more like a decision you need to seriously consider, the first piece of advice we’d like to give you is this:...

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