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By: Personal Edge Insights - Barbara Ling » Archive » Make money with high gas prices - 109+ Resources and Ideas

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:35:56 +0000

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By: 10 Ways Working Moms Can Save Money - The 36-Hour Day - Work It, Mom!

10 Ways Working Moms Can Save Money - The 36-Hour Day - Work It, Mom! — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:26:51 +0000

[...] were a lot of questions about my food budget after I wrote about how I spend more on gas than I do on food, and so I thought I’d share a few of my family’s tips. And then I saw this great thread in the [...]

By: MickS

MickS — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:43:03 +0000

Yip, it’s a fact. The price of gas is not going to drop anytime soon. I’ve taken to been more organized when it comes to my family life. I find if I schedule all the kids activities well in advance, I can cut my driving costs. By being in contact with other parents whose kids share the same activities as mine, we carpool more. To make things easier for us we’re using http://www.commily.com to arrange the carpools. It’s fantastic.

By: lynn powers

lynn powers — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:41:30 +0000

I am presently looking at re-entering the “paid” workforce after being a stay-at-home mom, raising two successful young adults. I gave my all and am very proud of how well they turned out. However, no matter how much volunteer work I did, for whom I did it, with whom I did it, and what skills I have, it is still difficult to come up with a paying job that will put a positive spin on the income level. By the time I pay for taxes, doggy day care, and the cost of commuting, I am coming up with a negative entry in my check book. I never thought that it would be the price of gasoline that would be making my re-entry into the workforce even more challenging.

By: Lis

Lis — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:14:33 +0000

I can’t afford health care because of my commute. I drive 90 miles round trip 5 days a week and it is killing me. I don’t own a SUV or have kids. I am just an average person wanting to be able to pay my bills and not have to choose between my health and eating. I will have do something but there are very limited jobs where I live so it is very hard. Let’s keep our fingers crossed we will recieve relief, even if it is just a little.

By: Charity

Charity — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:29:09 +0000

I work as a rural carrier at the post office, rural meaning I deliver mail out of my own personal vehicle. while they do reimburse me for the miles that I drive on my route(40 miles)… I still have 60 miles round trip not covered and thats 6 days a week!!!Gas is killing me. Recently divorced with 3 kids and i’ve reworked my budget 4 times in for months.Groceries, don’t even get me started on that.(LOL) we planted a garden just for fresh veggies without the fresh “pinch” from the store

By: James

James — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:39:24 +0000

I work at a state prison that is located in the middle of the desert. I have a commute that is 163 miles round trip. I guess that is the current record here. I was driving in to work until gas went up to 3.61 and then I got on a van pool. It was costing me approx 600/mo. The van pool just went up to 240.00/mo. My wife’s commute is 30 miles round trip. She is spending approx 150.00/mo. The van pool has really helped our gas cost.

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:44:16 +0000

Hello Ladies
new here, and I think I’m going to like it. I work from home and have 2 small children (9 and 3). I have a ‘gas guzzling suv’ that I love and gas is (as of my fill up today….)$4.59 (the ‘cheap stuff’). MY husband drives about 30 miles but he is a firefighter so that’s not every single day but still, you can no longer ‘not’ factor gas and traffic time into your commute any longer. I hate to say it but I fear it will only get worse. My company is european based and working from home, I have found, is more the ‘norm’ than not - for which I am truly greatful; I have a 4 year old car with 25K miles on it if that’s any indication that I really don’t go far!!!!

However….our grocery bill is over $1100 a month - I want more info on Llyah’s miracle budget for THAT!!! Thanks Ladies - just had to chime in, I feel the pain at the pump - and the groceries…(Bread is over $4.00 a loaf for pitty sake)

Marie

By: TroyJMorris

TroyJMorris — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:50:09 +0000

I have always done the math on my commutes.

I learned years 7 years ago, while in college, cars ain’t what they’re cracked up to be.

I crunched the numbers and totalled gas, car payments, parking and insurance. I then put that number up against the cost of living within a bicycle commute of my work.

I currently live downtown. My job is a mile away. Sure, I’m single so I can ride the bus to errands and be fine. But if I wasn’t, then I have also crunched the numbers to live within a bicycle commute and have a safe, reliable used car for weekend and errand use.

By myself, I save over $10,000 a year over living 15 miles away in the suburbs. With a car right outside of the center of the city, still living within limits and a bicycle commute I save around $5,000 in the same suburbs.

Stop the sprawl. Less expensive, it is not. Safer? A neighborhood inside the city can be just as safe, it’s all about action. And growing up in the suburbs, I know that drugs and gangs are much more rampant out there. Boredom is an evil thing.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:28:30 +0000

I am fortunate that I work from home. However, my husband drives about 100 miles per day. We also live WAY out in the country so going anywhere the miles add up fast! We actually spend more on gas than on our mortgage!! We do get to write off my husband’s miles (he is self-employed) so that helps at tax time… but it still comes out of our pockets each time we fill up!
Heather