My family and I have to live on an extremely tight budget. With my husband and I both going to school part-time and we now have a pre-schooler on our hands, money needs to stretch in our house more than it would in a few other homes. We have to be constantly thinking about bills, tuition, supplies, books, car maintenance, Pre-school fees, baby sitting, grocery bill and household needs. It is enough to send most people to a padded room, but not this tough tightwad! I am a self proclaimed stingy student. I have found a few ways to wade through all the money issues we have and come out semi-unharmed on the other side.
I even started teaching a few power couponing classes and started a blog to share some of the things that worked with others. (www.the-stingy-student.blogspot.com)
Some tips I love to share with other college students is:
1. Shop around for your books. Our campus bookstore is great! and the staff is always wonderful and helpful when I go in there but, I shop around because I need to. Don't be afraid to use a used book they don't bite! Check a few website to see who will give you the best deal, sometimes you can get free shipping for finding most of your books from the same seller. Renting books works too. How many books are you really going to keep from your GEC courses. Check out e-readers too. One quarter it was cheaper for us to get a nook and get our books then it was to buy all used!
2. You DO NOT have to eat Ramen and Spam to get your grocery bill lower. Couponing and shopping the sales helps out tons. Stores have their sales in cycles and it always helps to stock up when thing are their cheapest.
3. Generics are ok, it is not poor quality. Nine times out of ten it is the same food just packaged differently.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Canuck Approved, Eh!
Looks like we are getting some international attention already! Ashley Scorpio, Executive Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and for the Atlantic Gateway, recently tweeted and gave a thumbs up to us!!
Thnx Ashley!Great blog post about interning for @GeraldKeddy is.gd/900qr6 #cdnpoli #hoc #parl #ParliamentHill #Canada
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
My Study Abroad Experience
When I first heard of the study abroad program, I thought to myself, wow, those young students are so fortunate to be able to have that opportunity in their life. I had forgotten about that until last November when a student told me he was considering going to Canada on a study abroad trip to learn more about the political system of that country. I travel to Canada for my son's hockey quite a bit and I thought to myself, how cool would that be to go to Canada for an internship and learn more about that great country. That was the begining of a once in a lifetime experience for me. This can happen for you as well. There are study abroad opportunities out there for you, they are not just for the traditional students, they are absolutely for the non-traditional students as well!My Member of Parliament's Office told me that had not had a non-traditional intern before but they 
welcomed the opportunity when Dr. Baker presented it to them. Mr. Keddy, Member of Parliament for South Shore--St. Margarets, is a sincere politician for his riding, a man who understands the business side of politics along with the gravity of the importance in his position as well as being a great individual. His Executive Assitant, Ashley Scorpio, is one of the most energetic and intelligent young women I have met so far in my life, if not the most intelligent and energetic young woman who is a beautiful person as well. She was literally a walking encyclopedia and History Channel all encompassed in one human being. Being a NT in this internship created a wonderful opportunity for myself and Mr. Keddy's office, as I have the business and professional experience to take charge and complete the project he alloted to me: researching the Atlantic Gateway and other world wide deep water shipping ports. Alicia Swinamer, Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Office of the Minister of International Trade, thank you for all of your assistance and information from the Minister's side of international gateway trade along with the tour of Ottawa.
welcomed the opportunity when Dr. Baker presented it to them. Mr. Keddy, Member of Parliament for South Shore--St. Margarets, is a sincere politician for his riding, a man who understands the business side of politics along with the gravity of the importance in his position as well as being a great individual. His Executive Assitant, Ashley Scorpio, is one of the most energetic and intelligent young women I have met so far in my life, if not the most intelligent and energetic young woman who is a beautiful person as well. She was literally a walking encyclopedia and History Channel all encompassed in one human being. Being a NT in this internship created a wonderful opportunity for myself and Mr. Keddy's office, as I have the business and professional experience to take charge and complete the project he alloted to me: researching the Atlantic Gateway and other world wide deep water shipping ports. Alicia Swinamer, Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Office of the Minister of International Trade, thank you for all of your assistance and information from the Minister's side of international gateway trade along with the tour of Ottawa.
Stay tuned as I will recount my Canadian Parliamentary Internship experiences in upcoming posts along with great pictures.I thank Dr. Randall Ripley, Political Science Department of OSU, Leslie Anderson, Office of International Affairs of OSU, and James T. Baker, Ph.D., WKU, for having faith in this non-traditional student and accepting me to participate in this rewarding program.
More info here: http://oia.osu.edu/study-abroad.html
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