Comments on: Living on Less: Entertainment

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:21:32 +0000

Great tips. We haven’t had cable for a while now and I love it. But of course I love the internet to get my favorites.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:54:05 +0000

Heidi – Once I finally started using the interlibrary loan system in SD it was amazing. It was basically Blockbuster for free! The library here in Louisville though doesn’t have such a good movie collection, which is kind of a bummer but we’ll live.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:38:48 +0000

We are HUGE fans of our interlibarary loan system. We can get practically anything on DVD for us or the kids and it totally rocks. We cancelled cable about 6 months ago, but still pay a minor fee to have a DVR box and local channels in HD. With my husbands very demanding job, we don’t have much time to watch tv during the week, so we record things during the week and watch them on the weekend–not really a money saving tip, haha, but it is what we do. Every now and again I miss seeing Alton Brown or David Bromstad, but local channels and our DVR boxes for 15 bucks a month is good for us.

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Living on Less: Debt Free — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:18:54 +0000

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By: Janelle

Janelle — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:33:38 +0000

In our 7 years of marriage, my husband and I have only had cable for a few months (and that was because it was a free trial meant to get us hooked but made us realize how much garbage is out there on the TV). Now we have Netflix. We like getting a good movie in the mail and enjoy the selection they offer to put on our Roku box for the kids to watch occasionally. Our friends are always shocked to learn we don’t have cable or go out to see movies. We can’t imagine it any other way!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:14:23 +0000

You are my favorite. And I like the music. That made me laugh…and I needed a laugh today for sure.

By: Alison @ Hospitality Haven

Alison @ Hospitality Haven — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:04:15 +0000

We gave up cable 3.5 years ago and we’ve never looked back!!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:59:01 +0000

I’ve been thinking about that too. Thanks for the reminder!

By: Shelby

Shelby — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:58:07 +0000

Love the tips for living on less. We also do not have cable and watch things on hulu and netflix. Netflix does cost about $9 a month. You get one movie in the mail at a time, so you could get the occassional movies you wanted (food, inc.), but it has a ton of movies and tv shows you can watch online like hulu. It has lots of kid stuff too, like “Mighty Machines” for Joey. You can do a week trial online if you want to check it out. I think it is well worth the $9.

By: solstice letters

solstice letters — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:23:28 +0000

This is a great list of resources. Thanks so much for sharing it!