FREE OR LOW COST ONLINE EDUCATION

Below are some links to some online education sites. Only one is totally free but most have discounts & compared to traditional college & university costs they are cheap!

https://www.udemy.com
Sign up for their newsletter & get a 50% coupon for one course!

http://www.shawacademy.com/
Not cheap but Living Social & Groupon feature discount vouchers that can make these courses very inexpensive.

http://skillcrush.com/
Not cheap but not expensive for what you get. As you learn they coach you & give you leads so you can make money from your budding skills as you learn! All courses are IT related.

https://www.mooc-list.com/
List of free Massive Online Only Courses. 

https://www.khanacademy.org/
Free courses! These are aimed at secondary schoolers but many of us (including moi!) need to refresh our basics or even learn/update a few new things. And for free, why not? 

http://www.openculture.com/
Links to free e-books, free textbooks, free online courses & more!

https://teamtreehouse.com/
Treehouse is an online educational venue for coding, design and related business courses. You get two weeks free to try them out. The fees are quite reasonable: $25.00 a month for the regular plan or $49.00 for the Pro Plan.  Most people would need only the regular plan, especially when they first sign on.

HOW TO GET FREE OR CHEAP E-BOOKS & KINDLES

Want to read free or very low cost e-books? 

Try some of these sites:

Free Kindles Today
(Free Kindle books that are oriented towards online business and self-help)

Buck Books
(e-books for  a buck. Usually has at least one freebie per day.)

Book Bub 
(free and cheap e-books. Never over $2.99)

Free Computer/Tech Books

Open Culture
(Free E-books, e-textbooks, movies and more)

Forgotten Books 
(1 free book download per day. You can download as many as you want with a paid subscription. Read for free online.) 

Google Books
(some free, some not)

Project Gutenberg

Amazon 
(search for free Kindles in the Kindle shop)

OverDrive 
(Borrow e-books, etc. from your public library if you have a library card.)

Digital Books Today
(Lists the top 100 Free e-books)

FREE KINDLE BOOK FOR URBAN HOMESTEADERS!

This book is right up the frugal living alley:
The book is free today (and maybe longer!) and you do not have have to have a Kindle to read it.
You can get the free Kindle for PC, Mac or mobile apps and read it for free on those devices.
Gardening: Urban Homesteading - LEARN THE TOP STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE AND SELF SUFFICIENT LIVING WITH URBAN HOMESTEADING! Perfect for Gardening Beginners or Seasoned Veterans! (GardeningGuide) 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WC85A0S/ref=docs-os-doi_0

ALDI IS COMING TO RICHMOND!

Discount grocer ALDI is coming soon to Richmond!
On APRIL 23, 2015 two stores are opening:
1776 N. Parham Road in Henrico Co. &
465 Charles H. Dimmock Parkway in Colonial Heights .
Aldi signed leases and/or submitted plans for other stores in the Richmond area at:

the Staples Mill Square shopping center in Henrico (near the Kroger Marketplace ). This store should open this fall;

Hanover Village shopping center on Mechanicsville Turnpike at Lee Davis Road in eastern Hanover, which also should open this fall;

1.3 acres at 927 Myers St. (a former Bill’s Barbecue site) just off the Boulevard near West Broad Street in Richmond; (prospective opening unknown)

the 7300 block of Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond; &

the intersection of Robious Road and Mall Drive in Chesterfield Co..(prospective opening unknown)
A store is also opening in Waynesboro, VA this spring.
UPDATE: The two Aldi's stores are now open for business!
The link below goes to a RTD article with photos of the new Henrico store:
http://www.richmond.com/business/local/article_6cffad8e-22c6-5da4-8ecc-938ef1af7328.html

FRUGAL RECREATION FOR THIS WEEKEND

This coming weekend, April 18 & 19, 2015 is one of several yearly ENTRANCE FEE FREE National Park weekends.
You can enjoy entrance to any National Park in the U.S. fee free!
http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm
Get outside and enjoy the lovely Spring weather!

 

Courtesy of the N.P.S. 

BACK TO THE BLOG !

Frugal Central VA &  RVAers,

 I've been very negligent regarding this blog for a couple of years. My health problems & my 'day job' were eating up all my time & energy. But now I am back! I hope to update my links area & add interesting & exciting sites for you to check out. Maybe do a little reciprocal linking with other PF bloggers.
If I hear of any new frugalisicious shopping sites or local stores, I'll let you know here.
I'll also add tips on saving money, upcycling, etc. from time to time.
See you soon!