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We’re NOT Enablers!

As parents, we have a lifetime of moments to, not only live our beliefs, but to teach them to our children. Sometimes we fail. Sometimes we succeed. Other times, we succeed BY failing. Last week was just one of those moments. YL19 called Mark from college. As all college aged offspring (not children, because they’re [...]

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Welcome to the Frugal Wench!

Everyone, please say hola and hello and greetings to the new addition to my blogroll, Frugal Wench.  She rawks.  She’s also over on Twitter.  Wonder if we can entice her to Plurk? Don’t miss an entry… get your free updates online, or get them emailed directly to your inbox.

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Changing Middle Class Perspectives

When I started writing this blog, I started it for one reason. I hadn’t yet found a good resource for our family type. I even went so far as to list our annual budgeted expenses and lament that there was not a lot of wiggle room for us to lower them. Over the last six [...]

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Update – Reimbursed Expenses

Actually sitting down this morning to blog about the reimbursable expense forced me to go dig out those two receipts. I’ve got them in an envelope now. Monday, I’ll get a Check Request Form from the PTA and submit for reimbursement. Yay for accountability.

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Valentine’s Day – different this year

In the past, Valentine’s Day has been a very big deal. I am one of those lucky women who has a really romantic husband. He may not remember all of the dates without prompting, but he gets the important stuff right. We usually do a fancy dinner out at a really upscale place, and get [...]

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