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When I found out I was expecting my first baby, my husband and I sat down to talk about finances. I worked in an industry with long hours and minimal pay. We added up the costs of child care and work related expenses and deducted them from my take home pay. The end result was paltry at best, so we…
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I am participating in a sponsored campaign hosted by Centrum®. I received compensation for this post. While all opinions stated are my own, I make no claims about Centrum® as a product or its effectiveness. I am a busy mom of 3 kids and now that school has started, I am busier than ever. All of my kids are…
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We’ve had babies in our house for a lot of years and know how sensitive their skin can be. From new baby skin to the dry, chapped skin of sweet chubby cheeks in winter, and from scraped knees of learning to walk to the diaper rash that comes for so many unknown reasons, a baby with skin irritation or ouchies…
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There’s a lot to love about ice cream. I mean, it’s ice cream. What’s not to love? Creamy, sweet yumminess, covered in shots (yes, shots….not sprinkles or jimmies, shots!). We’ve been trying our hand at doing some no churn ice cream at home lately, and this vanilla flavor is SUPER simple (and a really good base for almost anything ice…
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If there’s one thing I love about saving money, it’s an app to HELP me save money- with ease and simplicity. Even better? When they host a fun Twitter party! Come join us Thursday night as we dish on shopping, savings, and all the fun thingsFlipp has in store for us! I love using Flipp to plan my shopping trips and to help…
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Back to School season, isn’t it fun? New classrooms, new teachers, new friends, new learning, new supplies, new germs… Um, what now? Listen, it’s a fact. Leaving home means exposure to other germs. Germs make friends with other germs. Kids share those germs like nobody’s business and then they share some more. I like to think of it as them…
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