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Over the last year or two I started searching for alternative products that contain less harsh chemicals and ingredients. I’ve started looking more diligently for sales on organic cleaners and started searching the grocery store for organic fruits, veggies and meats. Most of the time the organic/healthier alternative is quite a bit more expensive, so … Read more
You should’ve seen me yesterday. I must have opened ten different browser tabs, gnucash (our financial tracking software) and three different spreadsheets. My goal: to figure out just how much money we have and how much money I would like us to have before the baby makes his or her appearance. Our retirement accounts look … Read more
I’m a big fan of the Amazon trade-in program. I came across the program while searching for a place to sell unwanted DVDs. While I know I can go through the hassle of listing each DVD individually on eBay I decided I’d rather not go to all that trouble. Instead I searched for the various … Read more
On Tuesday evening I left work and headed to the hair salon. I am absolutely awful about getting my hair cut. I never go on a scheduled basis. I just let it grow and grow until it gets so scraggly I can barely stand it. Last week it was really bothering me, so I walked … Read more
So friends and family have already started asking me if I’m registered. Seriously? I thought I could hold off until a few weeks before the little one is due, but new mothers tell me it takes a lot of time to research the safety aspects of the items I might want to receive. I have … Read more
I came across this article on the Internet earlier today, but of course I can’t seem to find the original URL in order to give it credit. With babies on the brain I thought this was an interesting topic. Because two out of three mothers ages 25 to 44 work fewer than 40 hours a … Read more
When my mom was growing up and honestly where I grew up, everyone got married young and had babies early. They are primarily the same race, they wanted the same things in life and they often grew up to be stay at home mothers. While I may end up doing the exact same thing and … Read more
This week my husband and I plan to tell our closest friends and family that we’re pregnant. We’ve been keeping the news to ourselves as we get through the first trimester, but now that we’ve made it into the third month we’ve decided to share our news with the people we love. I’ve held back … Read more
Yesterday my mom presented my husband and I with a 3 ounce solid milk chocolate Easter bunny. I can’t remember the last time my parents bought us something Easter related. They typically just give us a card. I don’t know why but I was tickled pink to receive this little bunny. It was inexpensive, but … Read more
My husband and I have debated a kitchen remodeling project in our beach house for ages. While the current configuration works pretty well for us, the cabinets and countertop are original to the house, which was constructed in 1977. We’ve considered replacing the cabinets and reconfiguring the layout, but it would probably cost us at … Read more