Saving SAHM Sanity

JANUARY 18, 2013

I was looking at the first year of posts from 2008 and 2009 and I am surprised at how much my life has changed. The biggest changes have to be my decision to become a full time college student. I've never been to college before, and other than becoming a mom, becoming a student was the biggest adjustment I've ever made in my life!

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Finally Frugal

JANUARY 12, 2011

Last week, I was dithering about whether to pay down my second mortgage early, or start working on my student loan. That comment made me think about all of the news articles written by supposed 'experts' who predicted that we had (or would) hit bottom in 2008, or 2009, or 2010, or even 2011!

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Coupons Do Work

APRIL 6, 2016

A big health benefit of sex is lower blood pressure and overall stress reduction, according to researchers from Scotland who reported their findings in the journal Biological Psychology. Another study published in the same journal found that frequent intercourse was associated with lower diastolic blood pressure in cohabiting participants.

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