Molly's Money Saving Digest, Jan. 2010 - Review

As part of the audition process for The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew, The Old Schoolhouse provided a great e-book for me to read and review. This review focuses on Molly's Money Saving Digest, January 2010 Edition.

Molly's Money Saving Digest, January 2010 Edition included many delightful articles including:

• An excellent tutorial on making pie crusts and pies filled with beautiful pictures, recipes, and handy tips. (I particularly liked the idea of making and freezing pie crusts.)



• A list of items typically on sale in January and a list of special dates



• 5 forms for a household management binder (month-at-a-glance calendar, daily to-do list, a form for tracking expenses, budget planning form, clothing inventory). Throughout 2010, more forms useful for a household management binder will be included in the monthly editions.



• Two lovely ideas for displaying scripture in one's home



• 5 dinner meal plans with a complete shopping list



• Instructions for a children's craft - making a piggy bank



• Tutorial on opening a checking account complete with a check register and checks for a young person



• Ideas for picture and jewelry storage



• An article about evaluating, prioritizing, and organizing your time, money, and stuff



• A directory of all hot links is included at the end

I plan to use one of the ideas for displaying scripture to creatively frame a picture of my children that I took in the woods years ago. While the ideas were wonderful to use for displaying scripture, they were equally as useful for displaying photographs or other art around your home in a frugal fashion.

Interestingly, my review process of this money-saving e-book started with my own money-saving revelation. The e-book is lovely and filled with great pictures. But, at over 50 pages, I shuddered to think of the ink and paper involved in printing it out. Instead, I downloaded the book to my laptop and curled up in bed with my laptop and read the magazine! I have actually often shied away from purchasing e-books due to the cost of printing them out but downloading the book to my laptop worked perfectly. Reading e-books on a computer rather than printing them:

• Saves BIG on ink costs if you use an ink-jet printer


• Saves paper


• Creates less clutter

Also, Molly's Money Saving Digest includes hotlinks throughout the e-book. It was great to just click on the links and follow them as my interest led me.

I really enjoyed reading Molly's Money Saving Digest and will most likely purchase another monthly digest in the future. The monthly e-books are currently $4.95 and can be purchased at The Old Schoolhouse Store.

As well, the Econobusters website is filled with useful articles. After enjoying the e-book so much, I visited the Econobusters website and signed up for blog updates and a free e-newsletter. As a gift for signing up for the newsletter, I received a free Menu Planning E-book.

This review was written as part of the audition process of becoming a TOS Crew member. Molly's Money Saving Digest, January 2010 Edition was provided to me free of charge but no other compensation has been or will be given to me as a result of my review. The review contains my own opinions and experiences with the product. Your opinions and experiences may vary.