From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Short and Long Term Goals

I have hundreds of “goals” or things that flit through my mind that I mentally decide I want to accomplish. I finally decided to put pencil to paper and make a list. I wrote down 1 year, 5 year, and 10 year goals. Mark even got in on the action. It was an interesting exercise, [...]

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Great Deal for Date Night

Last night, Mark wanted to help me relax and decided to treat me to a dinner out without kids. We looked through our Entertainment Book for specials on places we haven’t been before. Nothing was really appealing to us. Then I remembered that I had a coupon code in my email from Coupon Mom for [...]

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Making your Staycation into a Vacation

I’ve been on vacation from my full time job this week. Since we’re watching our pennies, we decided not to head out of town. From all reports, many families have made that exact same decision. After we decided to have a “Staycation”, Mark received a week long contract…. for this week. Now, it’s kind of [...]

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Cutting Food Costs – 3 Ways to Save on Dinner

As I may have mentioned once or twice (couple of dozen) times before, I love the Grocery Game. It has made my life so much easier in the grocery shopping department. But that is only half of the equation. It doesn’t matter if your freezer is filled to the top and your pantry is stocked [...]

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If You Know You’re Broke, STOP SPENDING

My co-workers are excited about the book I’m writing. They all want to talk about my process and my ideas. I think it’s fabulous to receive such instant feedback, but some of the conversations it has prompted have blown my mind.
In the break room yesterday, I was speaking with a woman who is in her [...]

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