Built-In Desk Inspires Organizing & $100 Lowe’s Giveaway

January 27, 2012

I didn’t realize when I started organizing that it was going to make me feel so revitalized. Several days into it I started to feel so free and rejuvenated. I started to organize to finally begin my built-in desk project. I don’t have a junk drawer. I have had a junk room, otherwise known as [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions Update: VlogMoms

January 26, 2012

This week I’m taking part in a new linkup and feature called VlogMoms, where bloggers from around the blogosphere talk about the same topic with our own spin. I’m thrilled to be a part of such a fun group of bloggers and some really amazing vloggers are helping lead thew way. Desiree from MommyReporter got [...]

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Fitness on a Budget

January 26, 2012

A common New Year’s resolution is to attempt to get fit for the year. Last year after having years of stops and starts when it came to adding “getting moving” to my daily routine I started running. For some reason, unlike a lot of other programs this was the first workout that I started that [...]

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New Year, New Budget, New Attitude

January 25, 2012

Starting 2012 on the right financial foot is a resolution many people share. We’re only a few weeks into the new year and you may already feel defeated, but it’s not too late to get organized, and turn 2012 into the year you become a money ninja. One of my resolutions was to spend more [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan: Week 3 Menu

January 23, 2012

It’s Monday again, time for another update on our 365 day meal plan and this week’s menu. Last week was pretty successful despite the still nasty cold/congestion that is running through the house and a busy, busy week. For my own record-keeping and to keep me honest here’s last week’s menu and some commentary so [...]

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Weekly Deals Roundup–January 22nd

January 22, 2012

This week I’m sharing what I hope will be a weekly feature Centsible Deals weekly roundup. Along with Deals Editor, Brittany, I’m sharing our favorite deals and discounts from this week. Would love to know what you think of this new feature-let me know in the comments! Hasbro Daily Discounts Hasbro is offering some awesome [...]

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Quality furniture on the cheap

January 19, 2012

One of the things that has taken me years to learn is the fine art of buying great furniture at deeply discounted prices. It seems like it’s either choose quality and hefty price tag or cheap materials and a wallet happy price. It doesn’t have to be either or though! Ikea While Ikea certainly has [...]

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365 Meal Plan: Update and Week 2 Menu

January 16, 2012

It’s Monday which is meal planning day in our house, but thankfully I don’t need to come up with anything new since I have my 365 day meal plan rotation in full effect. If you haven’t seen it yet, I made a template for you to make your own rotating meal plan that repeats throughout [...]

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My Financial New Years Resolutions for 2012

January 13, 2012

Now that it is the New Year I’ve been thinking about what I can do to make more money, you know, other than getting another job or my daughter and I giving up our weekly Starbucks. After all, we need our weekly Starbucks. **wink, wink** (No really. We need our weekly Starbucks.) The key to [...]

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Emergency Safety with #bSafe App

January 12, 2012

Emergencies come up more often than we’d like in life. Whether it’s a financial emergency that dips into our emergency fund, or a medical emergency that requires fast action, life never goes exactly as we plan. As my kids get older we talk a lot about various kinds of emergencies from fire safety to how [...]

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