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Back-To-School Giveaway With General Mills and Box Tops

Disclosure: Information, products and promotional items have been provided by General Mills and Box Tops for Education® and its program partners. By now, I think most of us have our kids back in school. We've picked out the first-day-of-school clothes, the new bookbags and are hopefully getting back in the swing of things. One activity I'm looking forward to getting involved with the Box Tops … [Continue reading...]

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How To Make Time For Your Family While Pursuing Your Passions

As I write this, I'm chewing on chocolate chip cookies. Cookies that my son helped me make three days ago. I had been in the midst of trying to finish up my work for the day, but he kept tugging on my arm, causing me to lose my concentration, so what better way to keep him busy? My days usually look like this, though. One eye on my work, the other eye on my kids. Write a blog post, take the … [Continue reading...]

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How I Plan On Knocking Out $30,000 Worth Of Debt In The Next Two Years

First off, can I just say that I didn't even realize I had $30,000 worth of debt? I paid off my credit card balance two years ago, and I felt lighter and freer. It was only a $2,000 balance but knocking out any debt is cause for celebration. It wasn't until I sat down and looked at our monthly spending that I realized we paid more than $1,000 a month on debt (not including the mortgage). … [Continue reading...]

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What Would You Do If You Knew You Wouldn’t Fail?

A local young professional group asked me to be their keynote speaker at an event they're holding in August. As I scanned the email, my stomach got tight and I could feel the sweat beads start to form on my forehead. "Hey, honey," I said, turning the computer around so my husband could see. "Look at this email." He read it. "Sounds like a great opportunity." "Yeah...it does," I said … [Continue reading...]

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“If You Stay Ready, You Ain’t Gotta Get Ready”

Y'all will have to excuse me for a moment. I watched the Samsung/Jay-Z commercial last night and got all types of excited. First of all, they had a 3 minute commercial during the NBA Finals. You know how much a 3-minute commercial costs at ANY time of year, let alone during the Finals? THEN they announced the deal: 1 million albums given FREE to Samsung Galaxy owners. I'm #TeamiPhone all day but I … [Continue reading...]

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School’s Out, Mommy Camp Is In Session!

One of my goals for the month was to come up with a plan for these kids this summer. It's usually a rough time for me because I work from home, the kids are always here, and my husband works late so there's no downtime all day. Plus, the summer camps I've looked into are prohibitively expensive. $350 a week for ONE child and no sibling discounts or scholarships or loans or grants or refunds or … [Continue reading...]

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7 Tips To Keep You From Punking Out On Your Goals

I'm a pretty big dreamer. As my husband always tells me, there is nothing I feel like I can't do. I'm invincible. Little things like logic or time constraints don't really mean much to me when it comes to a goal I really want to accomplish. But sometimes when you dream big, you risk a lot. Which leads to self-doubt and a bit of fear. That little voice starts getting louder: Are you REALLY going … [Continue reading...]

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Mission Accomplished! Master’s Degree? Check!

My husband was browsing through his computer yesterday and found this, my written statement for my Master's program application. I wrote this as I was trying to convince the coordinators why I would be a good fit for the program and what I hoped to get out of it. Three years later I can say, "Yes. I did all that reading and research and studying and writing for ALL the right reasons." I … [Continue reading...]

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