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		<title>So What&#8217;s Been Going On?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things are moving fast here on our end and I have way too many updates! I will try to keep it brief though because I have loads of work to do and so very little time to do it. I just do not like leaving this site sitting dormant. I enjoy posting here, and again, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Kidding Me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any other time posting this news would be dreadful for me to do, but since bad luck just seems to follow us&#8230;what the heck, right?
So in my last post I wrote about my husband getting a job and we were finally catching up again. Until he got that first check from this new job, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My savings are dwindling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our savings were looking mighty well around December, and well, things happened. We had a death in the family, we got sick and missed some work, and last week we had major car troubles. None of these things that happened are ever planned, so it helped when we had money saved up for them. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello 2010!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope everyone had a safe and happy New Years Eve. I welcomed in 2010 with open arms. 2009 did not start off so well since we were still in debt up to our eyeballs. It did not end so well either with the death of one of our closest family members. But you know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health and Life Insurance: Decisions, Decisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[other stuff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned earlier that it is open enrollment time at work for our health and life insurance. First I wrestled with the idea about even getting insurance coverage through my work because I felt like if I took the insurance, that was an incentive to get me to stay. But, as my husband pointed out&#8211;it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An update for the week or month?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These past few weeks have been a whirlwind. While my husband, my girls and I are OK, we have had a few extended family members that have not been doing so well. Illnesses seemed to have struck a few family members during this holiday season. While most of them are doing better so far, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticking to a budget is not easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that the holidays are almost here. This year has flown by! I went to Target the day after Halloween and my gosh-the Christmas decorations were everywhere. Where did Thanksgiving go? 
As the holidays approach, I am making sure we continue to stick to our budget and hold off on our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Went a little over budget on our trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A down economy? If you were in Disney World this weekend, you would never know it. The place was packed and people were spending like there was no tomorrow! Yeah, great for the economy, or Disney for that matter&#8211;but I hope people were not whipping out the credit cards and getting into debt while there.
As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going to Disney-on a budget of course!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am on a weird schedule at work which may explain why I will be posting more frequently this week. I volunteered to cover a shift for someone who went on vacation this week and part of next week. My husband wasn&#8217;t too happy since it requires me to come home in the wee-hours of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still got my job-why am I not happy about it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my week in review-did I accomplish everything I set out to do? Yes, and no. Monday went well and I wrote&#8230;a lot. My little one came home sick from school later that afternoon-and by nightfall-I was sick! She got well the next day-me, I have been sick ALL WEEK. I thought it was just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Figured out where the money is going</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After going over my account and trying to figure out where the money went, I realized a few things I had not factored into my budget.

School clothes, uniforms and school supplies.
Fast food-yeah not good!
Morning coffee-kicked the energy drink habit but found myself in the Dunkin Donuts drive-thru every day.
Car expenses-we needed new brakes and minor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Trip to The Eye Doc-With No Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eye doc went well yesterday and it was not as expensive as I thought it would be. Yup, the little one definitely needed glasses. We were listening to her reading her eye chart and thinking-how the heck has she been able to see all this time? Yeah, it was that bad. Our kids have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Having No Medical Insurance Can Bankrupt You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[



Cover of Sicko (Special Edition)



This weekend here in South Fla is definitely going to be a wet one. I woke up to wind and rain and it is so dark outside that you would never know that it is 9:15 am. They say we may get a hurricane next week-great. It&#8217;s coming just when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coupons-an excellent way to save money</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For as long as I can remember, my husband and I have always used coupons here and there but nothing major. When his work started slowing down and money was tight, I really started to bargain shop. These past few months I have been really doing well! I mean-I save at least 50% when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you put on your credit card?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[



Image via Wikipedia



I have read so many articles lately about credit cards, credit card use and how creditors are tightening their belts with certain borrowers based on what they buy and where they use their cards. Huh?
I put a link to one of the articles here  if you want to read it as I [...]]]></description>
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