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{In The Kitchen} What’s For Dinner: October 29-November 4

I admit that lately my meal plans have been much less set in stone than they have in weeks past. I've been taking them as merely "suggestions" versus what we are absolutely having for dinner and that kind of defeats the whole purpose on why I even bother making a meal plan! So back to basics it is. Write the darn meal plan, go shopping for any ingredients I don't have, and then stick to the … [Continue reading...]

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Do You Have Life Insurance? Thinking About The Future And The “What Ifs”

Our insurance agent called a few weeks ago and suggested we come in, before our birthdays, to review our insurance policies and to make sure we had enough coverage—you know, "in case." My first instinct was to say, "No, thank you," because we have policies already on each of us. But then I figured it wouldn't hurt to listen to what she has to say. Now I'm nervous because thinking about … [Continue reading...]

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5 Ways To Get Involved At Your Kids’ School Without Having To Be There Every Day

You do not have to convince me how busy you are. I can relate. Between a full workload, graduate school, two children, a husband and some type of commitment to fitness, it is difficult to be as involved as I would like in my children’s education. Now trust and believe I’m there at every parent-teacher conference, we sit down nightly to go over homework, and we read at least one book at bedtime. … [Continue reading...]

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Is My Daughter Going To Survive Being The Only Black Student In Her Class?

Actually, that title is a lie and I'll tell you why I worded it like that intentionally. Until about three weeks ago, my daughter was one of two black kids at her school. One (a boy) is in the grade above her. And then it's her. The school is fantastic in every area...except diversity. To be fair, it's a private school located in an "excellent" public school district (as rated by the state) … [Continue reading...]

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Is Having Kids Overrated Or Simply Not What We Expected?

I'm currently reading Jessica Valenti's book, "Why Have Kids? A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness" and let me say this: If I was childless and someone handed me a copy of this book, I probably would go get my tubes tied. Or at the very least, an IUD.  It is VERY thorough in detailing the ways the parenthood challenges us—both on a personal level and as a society. It makes … [Continue reading...]

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Your Dream Belongs To You And No One Else

Recently I've been feeling this heaviness that my dreams are stuck in neutral. For a long time I was feeling like yes, I'm closer to my dreams and goals for myself.  But lately, with a bit of turmoil in my business, I've been feeling like I'm taking too long to accomplish what I really want to accomplish. That, if I don't hurry up, someone else will swoop in and take my dream and make it their … [Continue reading...]

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Five Ways To Destress In Under 5 Minutes

Ladies, can I talk to you for a minute? We've got a lot on our plates. A lot. All those responsibilities, all the headaches we encounter every day — it all has to go somewhere. We keep stress bottled up inside of us and we're going to explode. I had to keep getting knocked down to learn that keeping a running tally of all the things currently stressing me out was foolish. Instead of finding … [Continue reading...]

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Grocery Shopping On A Budget – I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You

I keep writing these posts about saving money at the grocery store and people keep asking, "HOW do you do that? HOW do you spend so little money?" First of all, I had to revamp my thinking. Because I love food, I could easily spend $500 in the grocery store each month. Do we have the budget for that? Sure, if we got rid of a car or took our son out of preschool and got rid of cable. In other … [Continue reading...]

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