Children

I’m turning into my grandmother

I morphed into my grandmother yesterday, right before my children’s eyes. I could hear the words coming out of my mouth as if they were coming from another person. There was section of my brain thinking: “Well, this is an interesting turn of events. Didn’t you very loudly declare you weren’t going to be just [...]

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7 Tips on Moving Back In With Your Parents

ZOMG WTF BBQ she’s alive and blogging!!! (Acronym madness swiped shamelessly from the teenagers at my house.) I lost my voice for a while. I tried to keep posting things on a regular basis, but I’d rather say nothing at all than keep writing articles with no substance. So, now that I (think?) I have [...]

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Summer Clothes On a Shoestring

With the school year coming to a close, and the weather warming up, it’s time to start thinking about summer clothes. Having 3 daughters at home full time (2 of which are teenagers) means that clothes are sort of a big deal. They want to be cute… I want to make everything last as long [...]

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18 Financial Literacy Websites that aren’t Blogs

When you’re selling a house, the realtor will tell you to move all of your personal stuff, (knick-knacks, photos, and general clutter) into a storage unit so that perspective buyers can see THEIR stuff in your house. It makes sense. After all, it’s harder to envision how your things fit when the house is so [...]

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Going Back – No More Fishing

Stop me if you’ve heard this one! A guy is speeding down the highway when he’s pulled over by a police officer. As the officer approaches the car, the guy rolls down his window and asks the officer “Officer, I was not going any faster than any of the other dozens of cars that I [...]

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