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Reader mailbag: 4 more tips to boost monthly savings
I’m dippin’ into the reader mailbag for today’s post. I have one of those? Why yes. Yes I do. In this day-late (but not a dollar short) post on savings and money, I wanted to share a few tips readers...
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7 memes to believe in, plus 1 bikini shot
Before I get started, I wanted to make a request: Please pray/send good vibes and thoughts to my good friends Ann & Phil. They’re going through unexpected medical stuff (hate that stuff!) Ann &...
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A birthday wish from Eli
Eli is 1 year old today! He has a special birthday wish. In baby memes, of course! Now for mommy’s wish: Will you help spread the word about handwashing? Share this post if you’d like to help keep Eli...
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Breakfast at Eli’s
My 1-year-old needs 200 percent more calories than the average tot. Here’s what breakfast looks like: Eli wakes up Hangry. That’s hungry-angry. His body doesn’t absorb fat right, because he has cystic...
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The one-week spending freeze and 7 other budget ideas
There we were, toting the kids in our wagon, rolling, rolling toward that debt-free pasture in our dreams. Ya! We got stuck in the mud. Sorry, Oregon Trail flashback. Although it would be more likely...
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Money madness: debt be gone!
Debt, be gone. That’s the goal. At the beginning of the summer I “suggested” to Mark, my husband, a teacher, this: You should really get a summer job. Per usual, we were in the midst of a huge...
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C-ya, slummy, and 5 other matters of madness and cash
Oh hey yah, it’s been a while since I wrote about cash. Let’s see…During the month of September we were like a germ bag circus. The month of October, we had an opportunity to move away from slummy the...
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Eli breaks the scale
Yesterday I found out that my little buddy is actually more like a big buddy. big buddy in the elevator Tipping the scales at 28.8 pounds at the OKC cystic fibrosis clinic put him in the 90th...
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Eli, media mogul
you crazy momsMy pal Rachel Calderon over at News9 featured Eli being adorable and cute, along with a story about stuff we’re doing to plan and save. But srsly I look at the video and I just keep...
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Shaking off a cough
Eli started up with a little cough again pretty much the second he got off of his antibiotic from the last go-round. That means he’s spending 1.5 hours a day on his shaking vest and tends to be none...
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0 to crud in 60 seconds
I put a note on my Facebook page for Eli that buddy improved and was no longer coughing. Shouldn’t have done that. The very next day, he went from 0 to crud. Overnight, he started hacking. Zero cough...
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Problems, problems, how you gonna solve ’em?
Sometimes you just gotta write through the fog of despair to find clarity. That’s what I did Saturday, starting at 5:30 a.m., before my kids were up, so I could let go of a crummy week and have a fun...
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TV news crew visits house, Eli refuses to wear pants
Panic strikes as I remember my make-up is in my gym bag at work. There is knock on the door. It is a TV reporter and cameraman. My son is eating cereal in his diaper. The TV reporter and cameraman...
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Eli: Like a boss
Eli earned a new nickname this week: Boss. He did the best he could to boss everyone in his world, everyone trying to mess with him. He is 38 pounds of piss and vinegar. He’s a boss. Want to take the...
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