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  • Material Girl Finds Balance

    Yeah, I like things.  Just yesterday, I vowed to Chris that I wouldn’t buy from Amazon for two months.  Then I learned this morning that the ebook of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere was on sale for $3… No, it’s not much.  But I promised myself!  And we had just decided to eliminate our CC debt by…

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  • Can You Use Any Money Today?

    So I think I’m developing a blog style: I’m not the musical one of the family, but there does always seem to be a good song to match what’s on my mind. So another New Year’s Resolution: financial fitness.  Honestly, it’s embarrassing: Chris earns GREAT money, and while my income has been uneven over the…

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  • Let’s get physical!

    One New Year’s Resolution: to exercise more.  Actually, it was Chris’ resolution: he’s backpacking for the first time in his adult life this summer and we’d both prefer that he came back in one piece. My own weight was creeping up (still in normal BMI range, but definitely getting up there) and clothes weren’t fitting…

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  • Cutting cable again

    We’re cable-free.  Again. I grew up without cable.  No MTV, no Nick, no HBO.  The first time I ever had cable was an apartment I lived in my last year in college: the rent was dirt cheap and included cable.  The first time I ever had to pay for cable was about seven years ago,…

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  • When I grow up…

    Anyone remember this song? I’ve worked, on and off, for years on figuring out what I want to do when I grow up.  Law school seemed like a good idea: I had okay grades, a fabulous test score, and the support of some wonderful professors.  But I wonder if it delayed the inevitable: I frequently…

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