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Teaching Kids About Money, Responsibility

3. February 2012

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of DoughMain.com for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Having trouble organizing family activities, chores, money, allowances, and bank accounts? Oh, life is so much more complicated and busier than ever before. I have tried a few “family organizers” and management books and software, but [...]

Frugal Alert: Home Loan Refinancing

24. January 2012

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When I was an apartment dweller, and even after I’d bought my first home, any discussion or mention of mortgage financing promptly put me to sleep. Zzzzzz. What could be more boring?? Now that I am an experienced home owner with a ton of kids, a remodeled kitchen, and my sights hopeful for more home [...]

The National Do Not Call Registry

23. January 2012

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Feast or famine, as the saying goes. When it comes to telemarketers, it’s always feasting time. We’ve slowly incorporated more cell phones now that the kids are older. We now have five cell phones and one VoIP phone, and I’ve really enjoyed the relative quiet. Before, our landline would literally ring off the hook with [...]

Hostgator Black Friday Sale

22. November 2011

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If you have been languishing with Blogger, waiting in the wings for some great deal on self-hosting to come along, I found one for you. Actually, it’s such a good sale that I’m a bit miffed. I am already on Hostgator, so I can’t take advantage of it. Anyway, YOU can. I know some of [...]

Holiday Finances

21. November 2011

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The holidays would be SO much nicer if we weren’t harassed and harried to shop shop shop for seven weeks straight. All this shopping comes at a terrible time of the year, too– the onset of winter when food prices rise and heating costs go through the roof. It’s awful! For folks who may have [...]

Like a Good Neighbor…

5. May 2011

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Insurance has been on my mind quite a bit these days. I can’t believe it’s been a week since our yard and basement was flooded. We are still cleaning and picking up the pieces (and we’re still hauling away all the ruined junk!). THANK GOD we had insurance. The insurance has covered just about all [...]

February: Taxes and Insurance Time….

21. February 2011

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We haven’t altered our insurance– any of it– in probably 10 years. UGH. This is the year, I guess. Since we renovated the house, we need to make note that the wiring is no longer from 1920!!! Yay! I hope that saves us something on our premium, or at least gives us better coverage. Have [...]

Blogging For Pay: My Review of SponsoredReviews

17. December 2010

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A few friends have recently asked me about earning some extra money by blogging and other online ventures. I’ve been regularly blogging since 2006. In 2007, I found out that I could earn money by blogging, and it has now become my career of sorts. After a few years of blogging for pay, I also [...]

Avoid Temptation This Holiday Season

30. November 2010

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This is an excellent guest post by Melanie Taylor, who offers some ways to avoid overspending this holiday season. The tips are excellent! I leave it here for you to enjoy. 3 ways to avoid temptation this Christmas Christmas is an expensive time of year for most people. All those gifts and food don’t come [...]

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I’m Rebecca

:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York in a soon-to-be-renovated 1855 house with our five pets (yes, five, *sigh*). Life is never dull, and exciting things just seem to always happen to me... why me... when I'm not running around the house fixing things, I do freelance writing and blogging. My work and opinions have appeared in Salon.com, eHow.com, iMedia.com, the Associated Press and I've even been interviewed by TIME and The Wall Street Journal about blogging. Can you believe it?!

Here is where I express my zany, creative, motherly side. I love saving money, spending money, gadgets, funny stories, and coffee- lots and lotsofcoffee!! I'm a Christian and I love the good life God has given me! :D You can read all the juicy details about me here. Thanks for visiting!