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I’m going to save $72,500 in the next ten years. Without going to work.

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A bunch of people have commented or contacted me since I revealed the state of my finances. Some are people who are in financial trouble and others are people who are making plenty of money and yet it still seems at the end of each month that they have nothing left in the bank. You know […]

20 Fun and Easy Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve With Your Kids!

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We typically haven’t done too much to celebrate New Year’s Eve with the kids in the past. But now that they are getting a little older, I wanted to do something fun with them. I put out a call on the Facebook page for suggestions from readers asking what you all do with your kids, […]

Super Easy Advent “Calendar”

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We have a ton of Christmas books. They just aren’t ever organized and all in one spot. And every year, Christmas comes and goes, and I’ve missed the opportunity to read Christmas stories to the kids. So yesterday I went on a hunt. I found all the Christmas books. I picked out my favorite twenty-five. […]

How to throw a good, old fashioned, inexpensive birthday party (and be able to sit down and enjoy it).

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I have written about my thoughts on birthday parties before. I am not anti-party. I looooove a party. But I am anti-over-the-top parties for little kids. I am also anti-excessive party decorations and anti-cakes that take hours to make. And I am seriously anti-goodie bags. Numbers 3, 5, and 6 all have birthdays within 5 days […]

A tisket, a tasket, I made my Easter basket.

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I was 35 when my husband and I got married. I had been living in my cute little condo before that. All alone. It was really nicely decorated. Almost magazine-worthy. In my spare time on the weekends I did things like paint furniture. You know, Martha Stewart-y kind of stuff. So when we got married […]