I can remember a time in my life when I sought out the cheapest price on any product that I bought. I was under the impression, as I'm sure many of you are, that the cheaper product always equaled the better deal, that the more money I could save on something, the better it was. What I didn't ...
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Cherry Cordial Holiday Fudge Recipe
Every year since I was a little girl, I can remember our Christmas candies including various types of fudge that my uncle would make. He would make peanut butter fudge, chocolate fudge, vanilla and even a maple flavored fudge sometimes. As I've grown older and moved away, I no longer get to spend ...
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Can You Afford to Be a Stay At Home Mom?
I have been a work at home mom for almost 5 years now, but I remember what it was like discussing my budget with my husband (okay, now my ex-husband) when Emma was born. Could we afford for me to be a stay at home mom? We ended up deciding that yes, I could afford to stay at home, but it wasn't ...
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Financial Lessons Learned from I Love Lucy
My Emma recently discovered "I Love Lucy" and like millions of other, she is utterly enthralled by Lucy. The entire thing came about because Tom and I happened to be talking about the episode with the Vitameatavegimin and she wanted to see what we were giggling about. Needless to say that it's been ...
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Homemade Italian Pita Pockets Recipe
We love easy meals here at our house. If there's a way to make a delicious, but very easy meal? I'm there. This Italian pita pocket recipe fits that bill! They're quick and easy but they're oh so good! We make ours as an Italian meatball flavor, but really, you could make them with any toppings that ...
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23 All Natural Homemade Beauty Recipes
If there is one thing that 2015 has taught me, it's that I really, really like making my own products versus buying them. I've always known that but it didn't really sink in that I actually do enjoy it until this year. This year, we've made a big effort to go chemical free in our lives and home and ...
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18 Tempting Thanksgiving Pie Recipes
Do you have your Thanksgiving dinner planned? I have to confess that I am still working on it. Most of it is done, thanks to my Thanksgiving Menu Planner, but I have been stuck on dessert. Obviously we're going to have pumpkin pie, but I prefer to serve two or three different desserts so that there ...
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The #1 Thing Your Grandparents Knew About Money That You Don’t
It might sound cliche` or old fashioned, but we could all really learn a lot from our grandparents. The generation that lived through the Great Depression learned a little about everything but one thing they learned a lot about was money. In fact, they learned so much about money that a lot of them ...
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Can Cloth Diapers Really Save Me Money?
I don't have a tiny one anymore, but looking back, I wish I had taken the leap and used cloth diapers with my Emma. There are a ton of reasons that a new mom might want to cloth diaper including reducing waste in landfills, limiting chemicals our babies are exposed to and of course, ...
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DIY Orange Sugar Scrub
I've spent so much money on beauty items in the past and I'm sure most of you have too. In fact, beauty products can be one of the most expensive items out there. When we started removing chemicals from our house, the products used in our bathroom were some of the first ones that we replaced and my ...
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