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reflections

Less Than One Week of Work Left – Then What?

by Carolyn August 17, 2010
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ShareWhen I made the decision to quit my job at the end of the summer, I hadn’t gotten pregnant yet and I had a lot of worries related to what I should do next. Should I get a job? Would it even be ethical to start a new job, knowing beforehand that I could be [...]

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The 7 Link Challenge!

by Carolyn July 15, 2010
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ShareToday’s post on ProBlogger was a challenge to create a link list to 7 particular kinds of blog posts (hence the name, The 7 Link Challenge!) It sounded like fun, so here is my contribution to the pool! 1) Your first post – Welcome To The World, New Baby Blog This one was really hard [...]

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Smart vs Wise – Making Decisions and Big Changes (An Announcement!)

by Carolyn July 5, 2010
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ShareI’ve always tried to make the right decisions. I worked hard in school, got good grades, did well at my job, learned to make responsible financial choices and sacrifices and plan for my future. However, after 27 years of priding myself on being so smart, I’m only just now beginning to understand how terribly unwise [...]

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Sometimes There’s Just No Substitute!

by Carolyn May 11, 2010

ShareI’ve never had truly terrible acne but I’ve for sure had difficult times with my skin, and for the last five or six years I’ve been a dedicated Proactiv user (it really does work as well as the infomercials say!) However, with the smack-down I’ve put on our budget, I’ve been trying to find a [...]

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Happy Blog-aversary To Me!

by Carolyn April 17, 2010

ShareMy first post went up on 2/14 (yes, I started my blog on Valentines Day, we are just that romantic of a couple!) I know today is 4/16, but I don’t mind celebrating events a few days late! In any case, I’ve been up and running for 2 months now and I’ve had over 400 [...]

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Why It Was Vitally Important That I Cut All My Hair Off

by Carolyn April 7, 2010

ShareSometimes in life you can change the direction you’re going in without too much of a fight, and sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can muster some upward mobility again. I think I’m mostly a “hit rock bottom first, and then really turn things around!” kind of girl. That phrase always brings [...]

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I Don’t Understand Weddings

by Carolyn March 31, 2010

ShareI don’t understand weddings. Well okay, I get the concept of marriage, and therefore the pomp and circumstance that goes along with it. I’ve done that, I get that. What I don’t get are all of the “traditional” components of a wedding that don’t seem to have a purpose other than costing a lot of [...]

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Medical Professionals, Give Me Some Credit!

by Carolyn March 30, 2010
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ShareBefore I say anything else, I just want to say that I have the utmost respect for medical professionals. I have a lot of family who work in the field, I’ve worked with some amazing people, and I still plan to go back to nursing school eventually (I’ll be that old lady in your class [...]

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Puerto Rico, you know the island . . . .

by Carolyn March 19, 2010

ShareLa de dah de dah de . . . . (Those are the only words from the West Side Story song that I know, sorry!) So J and I just got back from a week in Puerto Rico, and let me tell you, I had some FANTASTIC posts planned. Do you want to see some [...]

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Pinching Pennies vs. Little Luxuries – The Epic Throwdown!

by Carolyn March 9, 2010

ShareSo obviously a lot of what we’re focused on these days has to do with money – where it’s gone, where it is going now, where it will be headed next, and all those other petty, boring details. And obviously, we’re very invested (haha, money pun!) in using our money wisely. However, this leads (as [...]

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