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• Spring Cleaning with Me!?

  published: 3/10/2010 12:00:00 AM

      I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that today, after working in the kitchen, I had to dry my hands with a terry cloth baby bib.  There wasn’t  a single clean towel or rag in my kitchen drawers, so I had to settle for a bib that my children haven’t used in quite a while.  Of course, I have a perfectly good excuse for being caught without a clean towel…I’ve been cleaning!  No, seriously.

      It started ...

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  by: Lizz Welter

• Speechless...

  published: 3/8/2010 12:00:00 AM

  "I Choose You. - K"... this is the inscription inside my husband's wedding band. 

   

  Just three months before we met, I was having lunch with a co-worker who asked me several "trivia /getting to know you" sorts of questions... my answers were, "I'd never marry a computer developer - having worked in IT for so many years, they bore me, but what am I saying? I'll be single forever. I love the single life." ...

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  by: Kristina Light

• Why Use Coupons?

  published: 3/7/2010 12:00:00 AM

  Coupons.  Using them can be time consuming, confusing, house-cluttering, and frustrating.  But for me and for the thousands of other people that use them, the benefits far outweigh the negatives.  The obvious benefit to using coupons is simply to save money.   But there are so many more underlying reasons to use coupons.  Here are a few of my top reasons for using coupons...maybe one of them will inspire you to clip your first coupon ...

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  by: Sara Keenan

• Siblings Can Make a Mess of Birthdays

  published: 3/6/2010 12:00:00 AM

  Last weekend, my daughter celebrated her third birthday. Although my wife and I decided not to have a “kid” party, we did plan to have my side of the family over for her birthday party (we celebrated with my wife’s side of the family the week before). We spent the week before cleaning, running back and forth to the story for decorations, supplies, food and presents, and my wife (who thinks she belongs on Ace ...

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  by: James Wilcox

• Hearing God

  published: 3/5/2010 2:38:48 AM

  Conversation in our car the other day:

   

  Ally (5): I pray and talk to God, but I don’t hear him talking to me.

   

  Me: (Thinking to myself, how am I going to get this across to a 5-year old). Well, God hears you and He talks to you, but not with a voice like I am using now to talk to you. It’s different.

   

  Tori (8) pipes up: Yeah, it’s like when ...

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  by: Margaret Sarver

• Money Management - Start 'Em Young & Train 'Em Right!

  published: 3/4/2010 7:00:00 AM

  My mother taught me so much when I was growing up.  She shared her morals and values with me and because of her I’ve grown into the woman, wife & mother I am today.  However, there was only one thing she never talked to me about --- finances.
  
  It seems that even the birds and the bees took precedence over money when I was growing up.  No one talked about this.  When a child asked ...

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  by: Tracie Fobes

• More Than an Insect

  published: 3/3/2010 12:00:00 AM

      I was relieved I wasn’t talking face to face with my friend as she told me about her daughter’s favorite pet.  It seems her young daughter’s guinea pig injured its eye.  She was planning on taking the little thing to the vet later in the afternoon.  She was nearly beside herself with worry that the vet wouldn’t be able to help her daughter’s beloved creature.  I admit I was a little bewildered at her concern ...

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  by: Lizz Welter

• If you've Seen One You Haven't Seen "Them All"

  published: 3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

      This month as I've taken the girls on outings, I've come to realize how important it is to realize "if you've seen one you haven't seen them all..."

      For example, Kansas City is home to many fantastic nature centers, but the quality and quantity of exhibits varies significantly from one to another. Our FAVORITES are Burr Oak Woods in Blue Springs (their free programs are outstanding - check out Little Acorns for ...

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  by: Kristina Light

• Ebay 101

  published: 2/27/2010 5:40:58 PM

  I blog a lot about how to save a buck, but this time I'm going to talk about how to MAKE a buck!  If you have never tried selling things on Ebay, it can be really intimidating and confusing.  But I'm here to say...Try It!  There is a little bit of a learning curve, but once you have listed a few things, it's really easy and worth the effort.  Here are some of my tips ...

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  by: Sara Keenan

• Price Check on Aisle 5

  published: 2/27/2010 2:46:34 AM

  One thing I have learned to do over the years is to always watch when the cashier is ringing up my items - as much as possible. This is especially important when the item is on sale.

   

  A while back, I was in a store.....we shall call it "Bulls eye." I purchased some Pepperidge Farms crackers that had a sign in front of them that said Special Promotion - $2.50.  Plus, I had a ...

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  by: Tracie Fobes

• Homebody

  published: 2/27/2010 12:00:00 AM

  As the Model UN Coordinator at my school, it is my responsibility to prepare my students to participate in the Model UN Conference, which is held in late February in Stamford CT. Now let me just tell everyone that I don’t actually like travelling all that much. Part of it has to do with the fact that I don’t like to fly. I don’t get sick or feel claustrophobic or anything, I just don’t like ...

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  by: James Wilcox

• A Mom Getaway

  published: 2/26/2010 1:00:00 AM

      Last weekend I went away with four friends for a much needed moms’ weekend. We shopped, ate out, played games and laughed a lot! I feel so fortunate to have such a wonderful group of friends that I can talk to, celebrate with, commiserate with and laugh with. They are such an important part of my life-every mom needs friends like these.

      While I was away, the girls and dad had the weekend together. Ty ...

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  by: Margaret Sarver

• A Perfect Ending to a Tough Day

  published: 2/24/2010 12:00:00 AM

         We were only minutes away from bedtime and still, I thought I wasn't going to make it without seriously losing it.

        I looked at my oldest and asked her to come sit on my lap. I held her for a minute and told her I was sorry I was a bit short during the day. She told me that was okay and apologized for having a rough day as well.
  
        Then, she sweetly ...

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  by: Lizz Welter

• Life In Color

  published: 2/23/2010 8:00:00 AM

  Recently I blogged about my trip to Minnesota with my girlfriends. We were mainly going for the store IKEA. It's comparable to Crate & Barrel, only MUCH more affordable. I picked up this little table (called a lack table) in the color red for a mere $8! I thought it would be a great art table for our daughter to have, and at $8, I'm not too concerned about the table getting marks and scuffs.

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  by: Marisa Frymire

• Banana Bread Day!

  published: 2/22/2010 12:00:00 AM

      "Mommy, it's Banana Bread Day!," Emily declares upon discovering three bananas that are starting to brown in our fruit bowl. That's the tradition here: any bananas that don't make it into a banana split or bowl of cereal are mashed and baked into banana bread.

       As Emily (4) & Kayla (2) put on aprons and washed their hands, I realize that Banana Bread baking has changed quite a bit with the help ...

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  by: Kristina Light