You may have noticed a bit of a trend ’round these parts as of late: Food. I love food. Unfortunately, it can get wildly pricey. While I have only written about the cost of food a few times, I have been putting a lot of mental effort toward thinking about food and the cost of groceries. […]
How Much Does Life Insurance Cost?
There are several types of life insurance available the main ones being term life, whole life, and universal life insurance. The costs of each vary depending upon the individual, the product, and the amount of coverage you choose. Everyone’s situation is unique so a policy that works for some may not be the best choice […]
Here’s What Happened When I Skipped Buying Groceries, Repeatedly
I normally come up with a rather rough meal plan on Sunday and then go grocery shopping. I usually pick four meals for the week and the rest of the time we use what’s leftover, things happen to change up our food needs, or we make do with what’s on hand. There’s often a dinner […]
What Happens to your Future Self when you Max out your TFSA
Recently, there has been a whole lot of talk about increasing the annual contribution limit for Tax Free Savings Accounts in Canada. (They are the loose equivalent of a Roth IRA, for the Americans in the crowd.) Then, the government went ahead and announced an immediate increase of contribution room, to $10,000 per year, effective in […]
Friday Jet Fuel #42
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My Car Tune Up Frugal Fail
As you may know, if you follow me on twitter (all the cool kids are doing it), I live in a small town. It has its pros and cons, which I know I will write about one day. One of the cons is that some services are far, far away. We bought a diesel Jetta […]
Must Have Kitchen Gadgets for Healthy Eating
I often hear that healthy eating “takes too much time” or “costs to much money,” which, with some planning and forethought, does not have to be the case. You can read my tongue-in-cheek explanation of our extremely high grocery bills for some ideas on how to keep your own costs in line. At the end […]
Friday Jet Fuel #41
Welcome to the Friday Jet Fuel post on Money Propeller! Things are always happening in internet land and this is your chance to discover even more. To ensure that you’re coming along for the ride with Money Propeller, sign up for our monthly newsletter, that features a recap of our highlights for the month, […]
Here’s How to Hustle Your Way to $59,000 in Your First Year of Freelancing!
I am pretty excited about today’s post. It’s an interview with an online friend of mine, Sarah. This past year she has been kicking butt and taking names, and she is sharing her secrets with us!! I know her from her blog, Life Comma Etc. which is a very, very small part of her online […]
An Interesting Exercise – Blog Earnings and Stats for March
Oh, you want to read last month’s first? Here’s all of the blog earnings posts. Boarding Announcements Money Propeller is my second blog, Unique Gifter is my first. My goal with it is to straight up make some money, while sharing what I believe is valuable information on all things money. With the goal of earning […]








