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Best Buy, the NFL, and Our Mad Money
Picture this: it’s a lazy Sunday morning and my husband is relaxing with his weekly Best Buy ad. But wait, he has an tablet nearby to “do more research.” And even more troubling, now he is walking...
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Slow Down Saturday
Santa Fe Cactus, 2013 Wowee, what a week. It’s such a blessing to be home all summer with my girl, but such a rude awakening when it is back to work and school. This was our first full week of school...
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Spending a Sick Day with Clark Howard
I’m home today with a sick child (cold), and catching up on some reading while she watches her favorite movie “Night at the Museum 2″. I’m reading Clark Howard’s Living Large for the Long Haul:...
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Here Comes Santa Claus . . .
I’ve been missing a bit this week from blog-land. Would you believe I have been preparing for Christmas? Our family Christmas celebration is in 2 months at our home. The early parts of December are...
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Teaching Kids about Money – Vacation!
It’s going to be hard to top our trip to Santa Fe… I admit it… we are usually already discussing our next vacation on the way home from a vacation. This fall when I returned to work we found a new way...
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Slow and Steady – Financial Goals Update
It seems like it was just a handful of weeks ago that I wrote ‘What’s All The Saving For, Anyway?’ outlining our financial goals for 2013. Much of the time our budgeting process seems rather...
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Baby Stepping to the Holidays
Now that we had our Halloween revelry, I am downshifting straight into Christmas mode. Our first family celebration is in six weeks. One way to ease the Christmas budget strain is to spread the...
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Created a Monster!
The last of the Japanese Maple leaves. A few posts back you may recall me telling you about sharing the vacation budgeting process with our daughter. Well… that lesson really took! We now hear a new...
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Sunday – Looking Ahead
My brain is ricocheting around from one thing to another today. It’s time to get a notebook out and map out the next few days. Thursday is Thanksgiving in the USA. My first goal is to avoid the...
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Savoring the Holiday Season
I can sense the holiday mania revving up, judging by the volume of retailer emails in my inbox. Express clothing store is open at midnight on Thanksgiving?? Not for me, even with a 50% discount. The...
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Revisiting the Christmas Budget
Now that holiday expenses are coming into full view, I am making a few notes for next year. I will put them right on the front cover of my Flylady ‘Cruising Through the Holidays‘ planner. Next year,...
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Back from my Blogging Siesta
A whole lot of eating going on! Happy New Year! The past few weeks have just flown by in a flurry of cookies, rich foods, and somewhat carefree spending. We had an excellent Christmas. My mom made...
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Windy City Wonders
Before I delve into all the budget planning for the coming year, I want to tell you about a special family day we had this month. For me, wealth is being able to have family experiences that can be...
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Goodbye to the Two Week Party
Perpetual Party at Our Ceramic Pub The whole family has been mostly off work since December 20, and it has been a non-stop party around the homestead. Trips to Whole Foods (Mr. Saver reminded me that...
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It’s Great to be Two
Healthfulsaver is 2 years old! Did anyone bring cake? Day-old doesn’t bother me ;) I initially started the blog because my daughter (2nd grade at the time) had one, and she was having so much fun I...
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Trying to Stay A Step Ahead of Murphy
One change we have made to our budget process in the last 6 months is to add a line in the spreadsheet for “Large Appliance/Home Repair.” Our intention with this savings category is to surprise...
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Did You Give Your Inner Child a Credit Card?
Many things about being an adult come as a rude awakening: I thought I would never go to the dentist when I grew up. Now I go twice a year and make my kid go too! I thought I would grow up and be able...
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Teaching Moment… Back to School Budgeting
Our daughter is headed to 5th grade this year, and this summer has been a great opportunity to ratchet up her role in the back-to-school finances. Currently our school budget category has about $ 450...
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Reality Comes Calling
I’ve been off work for the past week. Glorious time! A mini family vacation, lots of play-time for DD, and cleaning up the house with a drop off at Goodwill to boot! Satisfying. I know I am headed...
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Nissan Giveth, Nissan Taketh Away
Last year I came back from dropping our daughter off at school, only to find Mr. Saver in the driveway holding a chunk of metal from the bottom of our car. Not good… And a resulting repair that was...
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