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Shoes I Want But Can’t Buy Because It Would Be Financially Irresponsible

I'm totally blaming my newest quest for a nude/neutral pair of shoes on a mom at my son's school.  I noticed last year she had the cutest pair of nude/light pink colored ballet flats I had ever seen.  They looked comfortable and they made everything View Post

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I love listening to Southern Crossroads (live streaming blues music!) on Supertalk Mississippi (also live streaming) on Sunday Nights while I'm cooking dinner.  It makes the cooking time pass quickly and more enjoyably.  I've been listening to this View Post

Vintage Gas Pump- by Ravasolix

Watching Gas Prices Rise

I normally don't pay too much attention to gas prices because I have to buy the gas and I already know without looking that it's just too darn high. The other morning I was in a rush, the tank was on "E", and I had to get to the gas station on air View Post

Veripur Hand Sanitizing Lotion

I'm a hand-washing freak.  I know it's the most important thing I can do to protect myself against germs and sickness so I can stay healthy to do everything else a mom has to do in a day.  If you're a parent, you know there is just no time View Post

Dannon Small Steps Sweepstakes

It's often easier to make big life changes by incorporating those changes into small steps. I've never been the type of person that could make an immediate and lasting change very quickly and often have a hard time transitioning to something View Post

Lego Cake

Once E.B. decided he wanted to have a Lego-themed birthday party, I was too excited because I couldn’t wait for our “cake lady” to make his Lego cake.  I just knew it would be cute.  This woman had made my birthday cakes when I was little View Post

6 Years

Well.  It happened.  E.B. turned 6 years old last Thursday.  When I started my blog he had just turned three.  Three.  Break a mama’s heart! His four-year-long obsession with trains and Thomas the Tank Engine has been View Post

Meet TLC Extreme Couponing’s Nathan Engel

Did you happen to have a chance to catch Extreme Couponing on TLC this month? I kept hearing so much buzz about it from Facebook friends that the next time it was aired I made sure I watched. Talk about amazing! The extreme couponers featured View Post

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