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Please Welcome Another New Staff Writer- Crystal

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Crystal is from Houston, Texas and lives with her husband and two dogs. Please join me in welcoming Crystal from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff to the PET team. She started blogging in early 2010 and is now blogging full time. She blogs about personal finance at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff and how she earns money at How I Money Online.

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Weather is not Climate, and Vice-Versa

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At the opposite corner of the country, New Mexico and Texas are heating up the most in the summer months, up 3.4 Unfortunately, it’s true, with those two states gaining 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit (on average) in the past 30 years. That’s including winter months! degrees and 2.8 degrees respectively.

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Deciding to Be Content Even When Life Doesn’t Go the Way You Plan

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Raj Raghunathan, an Associate Professor at the University of Texas states, “Your happiness depends much more on your attitude than it does on objective, external circumstances. I’m confident this is the right approach to take.

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Be Prepared for Emergencies by Planning in Advance

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Tornado Hits San Antonio, Texas. The National Weather Service had issued flash flood warnings for parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Tornado touched down about 25 miles southwest of San Antonio, damaging houses and flooding across the region.

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5 Ways to Make Travel with Your Family More Affordable

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Recently we went to San Antonio, Texas, and of the six attractions we saw during the three days we were there, three of them were free. Whenever we visit a new town, the first attractions we go to are the free ones, especially if they are offered through the National Parks Service.

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Are You Middle Class?

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A 2014 Money article What It Means to Be Middle Class Today reported that: “Jerry Love, who runs a certified public accountant firm in Abilene, Texas, and works with the middle class and the fabulously wealthy, says he has clients earning $300,000 to $400,000 annually who nonetheless consider themselves middle class.”

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Being Environmentally Friendly Saves Money

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If we all planned our meals properly, ate proper portion sizes instead of cooking thinking our stomachs are the size of Texas, only cook what we can or will eat. Considering many people I know spend on average $150+ a week on food that would mean they are throwing away $1560 worth of food. You may as well flush that money down the toilet.