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  • Is your biggest strength your biggest weakness?

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    Tweet This post is dedicated to Crystal at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff. She is currently looking for a more exciting job and I thought it would be a good exercise to think about as one prepares for interviews. I inherited a trait from Babci that I can only describe as the ability to have…

  • Entrepeneur Envy + Diversification

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    Tweet I graduated from college in 1996.  One of my favorite classes was an elective where alumni would come in and give a talk about their businesses and how they started out.  One guy really stood out.  His business model was to do the jobs that no one else wanted to do.  He had about…

  • Sacrifices to Get Ahead

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    Tweet I promised a Babci story this week and when I asked for things people wanted to know, one of my readers, Margaret asked “why did Babci get married so late in life?” Well, there is indeed a story there. There are actually a couple of reasons why she was close to 40 when she…

  • Blogging and Real Life Collide

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    Tweet Tonight, a couple of my friends are hosting a Beer Tasting Night. One of them works for a local magazine, Berkshire Living, but she also has a fun Little Beer Blog called From This Pint On.  Okay, so I may not be cool by writing crazy stories about finances and my mom, but at least I have friends…

  • Duck Bread – Today’s Spontaneous Fun

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    Tweet This morning, my older son woke up a whole half hour early, by himself and came downstairs in an uncharacteristically perky fashion. As a result, lunches were made, everyone was dressed, fed, and ready to go almost 1/2 hour ahead of schedule. I quickly decided this was an opportunity to have a mini-adventure. I…

  • 8 Unusual Tips to Research your New Home

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    Tweet Last week, Everyday Tips, published a nice article on 10 Tips for buying a new home. It got me thinking of the crazy things I’ve done to research and negotiate a property. Don’t worry, I didn’t go and consult any psychics or anything, but now that we have a couple of houses under our…

  • Favorites 9/14/10 + article Shabby Really is Chic

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    Tweet I noticed an amazing thing this weekend in my area.  As you may have recalled from my Dumpster Dilemma post, I was contemplating manually gutting without a dumpster. Well, majority ruled in that case and dumpster it is.  Now, that doesn’t mean that I can’t start my scrap metal salvage plan a little early. …

  • Dream Homes and Gut Reactions

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    Tweet One of our dreams is to someday retire, have a little boat and live on the ocean. Oceanfront property is not cheap in the Northeast.   However, with interest rates as low as they are, we decided to have a look around to see what was out there.  It wasn’t long before we  found a…

  • Pros and Cons of Fixer Uppers

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    Tweet We have been home owners for about 10 years now.  I love my home. It’s a Colonial Built in 1959 with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and is just over 1700 sq/ft. It’s situated on a cul de sac and I like my neighbors.  When we bought the house in 2000, that’s about where the…

  • Favorites wk of Sept 6th – The Debt Reduction Edition.

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    Tweet I admit, I love reading everyone’s blogs, but I hate doing roundups. It’s one of these habits I have to get myself into.  The list of great articles is much longer than this one, but I figured I’d send what I have now and try to keep better track of my favorites moving forward.…