I have always wanted to buy a house, with our big family we need it. With my husband being in school for his PhD that won’t be happening anytime soon. We will be moving around when he gets a Post Doc and then a job. Right now is the perfect time to get into the housing market.

With the economy the way it is, it’s a good time to get great rates on refinancing your mortgage.  Mortgage rates have hits  al time low in recent months, so if you are looking to buy a house or get a loan, now is the time to do it.  MortgageRefinanceRates.org  is dedicated to helping you find the best rate on your mortgage, so you can save money for your family.

The website also helps with the HARP Loan Program, the harp loan program helps families who don’t qualify refinance their mortgage.  Previously the Harp loan would not allow homeowners who still owed 25% of their loan to refinance. That has now been lifted allowing for millions to refinance their mortgage.

If you are interested in buying a home and have served in the military you qualify for the VA Home Loan. The VA Home Loan is something I am excited about because it is what my family hopes to use when we finally find a place to settle down. My husband has served in the army and qualifies.   The VA Home Loan is a program that helps vets buy a house with no money down and very low rates.

You can buy a house with no money down and very low payments. All you have to do to get started is visit MilitaryVALoan.com.

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American Express has been offering amazing deals when you use Foursquare and Facebook, now they are migrating to Twitter.

All you have to do to get the rewards:
Sync your AmEx account to your Twitter account, send out a tweet using an assigned hashtag. then when you purchase an item at that store using your card, you will get a credit on your statement.

Some of the stores that are working with AmEx are Best Buy, Whole Foods, Ticketmaster, Dell, McDonalds and more.

To learn more about this program and the companies visit here

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It seems like every grocery store I go to, I always find food that is expired or the sell y date had passed. The employees at Waldbaums always tell me that I have a good eye. If I see something expired I say something, even though the employees look annoyed I think it’s gross.

The main thing that I find that is expired is lunchmeat and it always seems to be the one on sale. It really upset me this past time, because I found 17 tubs of lunch meat that had expired a week before hand.  I think stores need to be better about getting things on clearance before they expire, It’s so wasteful.

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I was on the phone with an old friend from California, I haven’t been back home to the Bay Area in over 10 years so there was a lot to talk about. While my life is all about kids and being married her life as the exact opposite. She has not found the one yet. She even said that just finding a casual date can be hard, so she has turned to online matchmaking sites.

One of her favorites is Table For Six, where professional matchmakers pair you with people who share you interests and background. The best part is the date is over a dinner party, so you don’t feel uncomfortable, but you can always ask to just have the two of you.

She told me that before she agreed to go on a date, she read a review about it. After that she was all in, and is hoping to embark on a new chapter in her life. Even if you are not looking for anything serious, I thin it is still a great way to just meet new people, and have great conversations.

I have always made sure that my family has had some kind of health insurance. You never know when you are going to have a real emergency. We have been with Military insurance, Medicaid and now United Healthcare through work. Every single healthcare company operates and pays different. So shopping around can be a good thing.

Really Cheap Health Insurance is a comprehensive site for reliable insurance information and a cheap quote comparison site. I decided to try out the site myself and It’s really easy, just enter some basic information and your quotes appear in a few minutes. My lowest quote was $183 by Blue Cross Blue shield. It seems like good deal

My other quotes were fair, but had very very high deductibles. They do have a feature though called “Help Me Choose” which breaks down your quotes to help you better understand what they cover. Find the right Health Insurance for you now.

Become.com gives online shoppers exactly what they need and want.  They help you in finding the product you need with price comparisons, and you can also research that product with just one click.

I have been looking for a Disney Cars 2 toy and found 2 different sites that have the hard to find toy. Plus when I hit research it told me all about the movie and the character. It beats having to spend hours jumping from site to site comparing and researching products.No wyou ca find everything all in one site.   They have everything you can think of.

Some of my favorite products I found were Danskos for cheap, a Delta Bathroom Faucet mode n2730, they even had Waders for cheap.

If you a person who shops around and loves finding lower prices, Become.com is the site for you.

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