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  • Christmas without Presents

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    Tweet I love decorating for the holidays and it’s one of my favorite events of the year.  After breaking about 7 ornaments, me and the kids managed to decorate our tree, put lights in our windows and generally fill our house with pine scented goodness and Christmas cheer. Today I started thinking back to my…

  • Favorites Dec 5th, 2010 – Scared of Santa Edition

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    Tweet I really don’t understand why a kid would be excited about santa coming to give them stuff but then want nothing to do with him in person  Every year my company has a Kid’s Christmas party at work and a retiree comes in with his wife to play Santa. He does a really great…

  • Buy a House without a Mortgage

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    Tweet So, as part of the challenging your belief series that Invest it Wisely has held, I wanted to add yet another article to the mix. Today I would like to challenge the belief that everyone has to have a mortgage in order to get a house. So, here is the typical American Process: You…

  • 12 Days Of Christmas – Writing Experiment

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    Tweet This is the second in a series of writing experiments that several folks from the blogging community have agreed to participate in.  The goal is to promote each other, improve our writing skills and feed off of everyone’s diverse backgrounds by picking one topic and all writing about it on the same day.  The…

  • Paper Snowflakes – Fun and Free

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    Tweet This Saturday I had a really fun afternoon with the kids. With the extra 2 days off, the normal errands that need doing on the weekends were already behind us. We started off by buying a $300 used Kohler tub at the Restore for $50 (Ka-ching) that looked like it had never been used.…

  • Weird Foods I’ve Eaten

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    Tweet Whenever I write about some strange thing that comes out of Babci’s garden or kitchen, I always get a few folks who respond with “I want to try some.” Lately, I’ve been talking about more benign things like Gooseberry Pie, Currant Jelly and Sauerkraut. I know I have a few foodies that read my…

  • My Thanksgiving Tradition

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    Tweet I was reading Nicole and Maggie’s site on their Thanksgiving tradition and I thought I would share my own quickly. I was asked what my thanksgiving tradition is and I think I came up with my theme.  First of all, I don’t have room for 2 ovens in my kitchen, so I delegated Turkey,…

  • Things that annoyed me this week

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    Tweet I’ve been having computer issues this week, which has inspired this rant-like post.  If you don’t like listening to people complain, you can skip this post altogether. Here are some things that have annoyed me this week: Electronics I’m irritated that wireless routers only seem to last 2-3 years before they are on the…

  • How to Clean Stainless Steel Appliances

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    Tweet Kitchen Almost Completed Today I’m going to share the greenest and easiest way to clean stainless steel.    Anyway, the photo on the left is our kitchen mid way through construction. You’ll notice that all my appliances are stainless.  What you don’t see is myself in the background pulling my hair out because I can’t figure…

  • Free Filtered Water on Vacation

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    Tweet This post is inspired by today’s article on Punch Debt in the Face. Debt Ninja admits to being an El-Cheapo, McCheapster on his honeymoon and skimping on a few things that he should have just bit the bullet and bought.  It made me think of my own cheapness when it comes to vacationing. Of…