I just came across an interesting article on MSNBC.com. Apparently with the recent bank failures quite a few people are keeping more cash at home instead of keeping it in the bank. Can’t say I blame them and to be honest, we are keeping a few more dollars in the house as well. It just makes me feel safer to know I have the cash at home to buy what I need for a week or two. I know the money in the bank is save and insured, but I do wonder what happens if quite a few more banks fail, close down and everyone makes a run to cash in their deposits. It could create a serious mess, and slow down our ability to get the money we need out at least for a little while.

As an interesting side not, sales of personal safes / fire safes have gone way up since folks use them to keep their hard earned cash save. The MSN article mentions that this is a way of protecting money that hasn’t been used since the days of the Wild West.

How about you? Are those bank failures, closings and sales making you a bit nervous? Are they causing you to keep more cash around at home?

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27119294/

This summer I went to the Nature Museum in our small little town for the first time. I took my 5 year old and we had a blast exploring the various exhibits. Our favorites were the various animals from different continents. Giraffes and elephants were particularly interesting to my daughter.

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We spent a total of $8 to get into the museum and ended up spending all afternoon there. Take a  look online, your paper, call the city or just ask around to find those small little museums in your area. They make for some great educational and frugal fun.

I heated some waffles that I made last week and froze for my daughter this morning. For some reason they turned out really crispy all the way through. Usually that wouldn’t be a problem (I actually like my waffles that way), but my daughter is about to lose a front tooth and is having a bit of a hard time with crunchy food right now.

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What’s a time pressed mom with a hungry child to do? I got creative…

Got out a bowl, tore the waffle in little chunks and poured some milk over it. I called it Waffle Cereal and it was a big hit. She’s already requesting it again for tomorrow morning.