Life Essentials
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The 5 biggest budgeting mistakes & how to avoid them
by Sarah on Monday, March 5th, 2012 | 3 comments
Have you ever started a budget only to throw your hands up in disgust because “it’s not working” after a few months? Are you perhaps afraid to make one because you equate budgeting with financial dieting and deprivation? Whatever your reason, if you are currently one of the 60% of Americans who avoid the budgeting ... [read more] -
Enter the March #GetButtonedUp Challenge!
by Sarah on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 | 96 comments
It's time to get your finances (and some of your stuff) buttoned up! Good luck and lots of green; that's what March is all about. We'd love for you to have lots of luck at maximizing your personal green, so that's the main thrust of the challenge this month. But we know - both from personal ... [read more] -
Part III: from frozen dinner queen to healthy weeknight cook
by Sarah on Monday, February 27th, 2012 | 4 comments
This is the third installment of a four-part series on how I transformed myself from frozen food queen to healthy weeknight chef. Yes, it is possible to go from almost never cooking anything from scratch to cooking virtually everything from scratch. Even if you work full-time like I do. It may take awhile (I took ... [read more] -
4 Things You Must Organize to Protect Your Heart Health
by Sarah on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | 1 comment
Your heart is pretty, darn incredible. Weighing in at a mere 10 ounces, this fist-sized organ can pump blood through about 100,000 miles of branching blood vessels to every, single cell in your adult body in under a minute. Literally, in the time it takes you to read this paragraph your heart will have pumped ... [read more] -
How I went from frozen dinner queen to healthy weeknight cook
by Sarah on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 | 3 comments
At the beginning of 2011, I decided to switch up my typical approach to making New Year's resolutions. Rather than chasing five or ten different goals (and accomplishing maybe two-thirds of one of those), I decided to switch gears and make one big resolution -- one that honored my mom and enabled me to ... [read more] -
Fire Safety Winners Announced!
by Anne Marie on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | 1 comment
Thank you to all who left fire safety tips on our post; Fire Safety Tips Every Family Should Follow and on Facebook! The two winners are: Kelly Schulthies and Shelly Binion! Join us in congratulating them on their win! Stay safe! -
Fire Safety Tips Every Family Should Follow; and WIN a $50 Bed Bath& Beyond Gift Card Giveaway!
by Anne Marie on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | 26 comments
This contest is now closed. Winners were announced in this post Do you know the best thing to do to protect your family from fire? This great video will help you make sure you are safe. ... [read more]











