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Weekend Reading: Giveaway Winner Edition

April 20, 2013

Note: BCR, I’m having trouble reaching you through the email address you left. Could you email me through this link to get in touch? Thanks – Julie First of all, thanks to everyone who took the time to comment on the giveaway post. The comments on this one were really insightful as to how ordinary [...]

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Weekend Reading: Easter Edition

March 29, 2013

It’s almost Easter so it must be time for my annual deviled egg post. I’ve blogged about deviled eggs so many times on this blog it’s kind of ridiculous. But they’re kind of my thing. And they’re yummy and frugal and perfect for all the Easter eggs you’ve got lying around, so here they are [...]

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Top 100 Finance Blogs to Follow in 2013

March 9, 2013

The folks at Coupon Audit have put together an infographic of the Top 100 finance blogs to follow in 2013. And look who showed up at #47: Thanks to Coupon Audit for including me. I see a lot of my blogging friends on this list, along with a bunch of new blogs to check out. [...]

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Weekend Reading: Snowbound Edition

March 1, 2013

Kansas City was hit with back-to-back snowstorms this week and last. The second snowfall started at night. I snapped this picture when I got up to let the dog out. It was almost dreamlike outside. The snow was beautiful and, since we’re still in the midst of a drought, the moisture was needed. The city [...]

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Weekend Reading: Happiness Edition

February 8, 2013
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I recently ran across these 5 Simple Rules for Happiness on Pinterest and they stopped me in my virtual tracks for a bit. Like a lot of you, I’m sure, I see many inspiring quotes and sayings and lists on Pinterest and Facebook. But this one really resonated with me because it’s so simple. And [...]

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Weekend Reading: New Year Edition

January 5, 2013
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“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Thank you to my friend, Angela, for sharing this link on Facebook: 10 Things Happy People Do Differently by Paula Davis Laack at The Huffington Post. From the article: ”Happy people have developed a specific set of strategies [...]

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This Article Certainly Caught My Eye…

December 10, 2012
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The Rise and Rise of the Family CEO from a British publication called The National. Here are a couple of excerpts: Allow me to introduce you to the “Family CEO”, a title coined by IPC Media, a London-based publishing company, to describe the growing power of a band of women – both stay-at-home and working mums [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you have a wonderful holiday and I want you to know that I am thankful that you take the time to read this blog. Julie If you enjoyed this post and would like more, enter your email address in the box below and future posts from The Family CEO will [...]

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Weekend Reading: Post Election Edition

November 9, 2012
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We’re political junkies at our house, but even we are relieved that the election is over. It feels a little like turning the page, like we do on January 1 or the first day of school. But while the election is over, the issues involved are still with us. One issue you’re probably hearing a lot about [...]

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Blog Survey Results and The Future of the Blog

September 17, 2012
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Thanks to all of you who answered the one question survey I posted a couple of weeks ago. Since most of my blog posts fall into one of two categories — family finance and home/lifestyle — I wanted to see if it made sense to split those topics into two different blogs. That was not something I [...]

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