March 2011

Organize your life: #AboutOne Giveaway and Discount

March 31, 2011

AboutOne is a website designed to help you organize your family’s life in one place. Whether you need to keep track of home maintenance records, have your children’s medical records at your fingertips or create a family newsletter AboutOne has you covered. The website is very user friendly with simple step by step instructions, and [...]

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Bringing Spring In

March 30, 2011

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Writing Words: Wordless Wednesday

March 30, 2011

Aidan is at home with me all day so we’ve been carving out time to play, and time to work on skills he’ll need for Kindergarten next year. He’s practicing writing words. This look of concentration is just too cute. Kelly Pin it

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How to paint a fireplace: DIY Tuesday

March 29, 2011

Painting the fireplace and brick wall was high on my list of priorities for the family room remodel. While I love brick, and am not generally a fan of painted brick. The way the house is setup you see that brick wall from the kitchen looking into the family room, and the size of both [...]

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Is giving always a good thing?

March 28, 2011

My kids have been saving money for months. A portion of their allowance goes to long-term savings, a portion goes to giving, and a bunch goes to saving for our upcoming vacation. We do the accounting online, so they rarely touch a dollar bill. For our kids this works, since otherwise the cash ends up [...]

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Tax Savings: Surprising Ways to save on taxes for 2010

March 28, 2011

This is a sponsored guest post by Keith Mendonsa, consumer insurance expert, from eHealthInsurance.com. photo credit: Manchester Library It’s that time of year, when all of us are looking for possible deductions to lessen our tax bill. Most people are familiar with the most common deductions, including charitable donations and home mortgage interest, but you can [...]

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Taxes Due April 18th: Have you filed?

March 28, 2011

Taxes are due on April 18th this year. Is it it just me or does that feel weird to say? It just doesn’t have the same ring as April 15th. Have you filed your taxes already? If you did do you use software to help guide you or an accountant? If you have tax questions where [...]

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Lookbook-how to create your own fashion file: Fashion Friday

March 25, 2011

Have you ever looked in a magazine or catalog and seen the perfectly accessorized outfits? Or been to a store and noticed the chic look on the mannequins or the sales people? I always see them and sigh. Usually copying the look straight from the magazine or catalog doesn’t end up working due to sizing, fit, and [...]

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Gluten free diet: 6 month mark

March 24, 2011

I’ve been gluten free now for over 6 months which I can hardly believe! I keep thinking I should post some updates for you all on how the transition was for me, and how it has effected me, but realizing I passed the 6 month mark (weeks ago!) finally has me sitting down to share. [...]

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Darth Vader and birthday cupcakes

March 23, 2011

I just love this candle. It’s maybe the most awesome birthday decoration ever. I got this candle from Diapers.com, you can still enter to win $100 from Diapers.com until Friday! Pin it

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