It’ll be just like Fixer Upper!  Yes, that’s a blog post title I never thought I’d be typing. Me, buying a house.  It seems so..”30.”  Honestly- buying a house wasn’t even on my wish list, because I’ve been in a perpetual state of rebellion since my life got turned upside down in 2014, and anything

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Summer’s here, and the days are long and hot here in Texas, but we are still enjoying the longer daylight hours!  Our new area hosts neighborhood get togethers in the summer around the bonfire and social events at the grill. I’m loving the longer days, but in order to get everything done for our latest

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Springtime in Texas is glorious- it’s not blistering hot yet and the flowers are in full bloom.  Birds are chirping and the deer graze along our local hiking trails (I kid you not, I saw Bambi!). Now that we’re out of the deep freeze of Chicago, we’re spending a lot more time exploring the great

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For the last few years, I’ve been blogging consistently 3-5 times a week, and I really didn’t take much time off.  This year, I moved to San Antonio and I suddenly didn’t want to be online- which is kind of, weird.  I would flip open the Macbook, and stare at the screen.  I would enjoy

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When I began blogging about frugality and finance over five years ago, there were not very many women in the space.  I could count one influential woman- Suze Orman, who was making waves in the financial space and made an impact with her message.  The finance sector, at least publicly seemed male dominated, and there

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