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The Mystery Behind My $50-A-Week Grocery Budget

When I posted a couple weeks ago that I spend $50 a week on groceries, y'all started hitting me up hard and heavy. "Um, do share your secrets!"  "Dang, I wish!"  "Teach me, Tara. TEACH ME!!"  And really, I don't have any magic secrets. I just don't spend the money. LOL. But if you want something a little more specific, here it is: About every six weeks or so, my husband and I go … [Continue reading...]

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2012: The Year We ALL Rise Together

So I've been plotting and thinking and planning and prepping for 2012. I got laid off at the end of 2010, so 2011 was a year of "yes" to anything and everything to make sure I could pay my bills and provide for my kids. I learned a lot of lessons, business and otherwise, and I'm looking forward to putting them into practice this year. My biggest lesson is that no one has all the answers … [Continue reading...]

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2012 Goals

I figure if I put them here, it will help keep me accountable, right? Save $200 per month. Commit to one Sunday a month making freezer meals to help cut down on eating take-out. Go to the rec center 3x per week for a 45-minute workout (minimum). Write every day. Every. Day. Launch series of BlogMama workshops. Get two speaking engagements by the end of 2012. Raise $500 for the YML … [Continue reading...]

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I’m a WAHM – Why Do I Feel Guilty About Sending My Son To Preschool?

The most popular misconception about work-at-home moms is that we don't work. Or rather, we work, but only for a little bit each day. They figure the rest of the day is spent watching TV or cleaning or cooking or hanging out with friends. This could not be further from the truth. I've never worked as much in my life as I have in the past year. I told my husband recently that I am by far the … [Continue reading...]

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Our Journey Home: First disappointment

If you want to read the previous entries: Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5. I fell in love with this house, y'all. The outside isn't much to look at (gravel driveway and all), but the inside (based on the pics from the listing agent) was goregous. Beautiful paint colors, elegant trim, built-in bookshelves, beyond fabulous kitchen with granite countertops and an island (my personal … [Continue reading...]

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Fabulous Finance: Save money, live better

Tomorrow is a brand new beginning, and is usually the time everyone makes New Year's resolutions, pledging to be thinner, more spiritual, kinder, less controling, etc, by the time the ball drops in 2010. But if there's one thing you need to focused on, it's your money. 2008 was a doozy. There didn't seem to be a safe place other than under the mattress to put your money. This article, by the … [Continue reading...]

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Our Journey Home: Our Lender Rocks!

We met with the lender yesterday after work. I was a bit nervous, because while I'm cool with the whole "house hunting" aspect, sitting down to figure out how we were going to pay for it was a bit daunting. We're not talking about buying some rinky-dink house. We're trying to buy a nice house, a house that we can grow in and make a home. A house that quite honestly, I didn't know we could afford. … [Continue reading...]

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Our Journey Home: Purging the old to make way for the new

If you'd like to catch up: read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. We meet with our lender on Tuesday to hand over our financial statements (W-2s, pay stubs, bank statements on ALL accounts in your name, etc.) so we can offically be pre-approved for a loan, which is exactly what it sounds like. Because the lender we're working with has an underwriter in-house (meaning they don't have to wait for someone … [Continue reading...]

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