Musings | Making It Work

Sometimes There’s Just No Substitute!

May 11, 2010

I’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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Let’s Get Nostalgic!

April 25, 2010

I was walking to my car last week with my keys in my hand, preparing to push the button to unlock the doors as I approached, when I started thinking about what life was like before car keys had buttons on them! Remember when you had to actually put the key in the door to [...]

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

April 7, 2010

Sometimes 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

March 31, 2010

I 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!

March 30, 2010

Before 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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Progressive – Can You Do Dental, Also?

March 21, 2010

I went to the dentist today, and (as always!) they found more issues with my teeth that really need to be fixed (and before people start saying that my dentist is just trying to rip me off, I’d like to say that the dentist I had a few months ago had pointed out the same [...]

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Pinching Pennies vs. Little Luxuries – The Epic Throwdown!

March 9, 2010

So 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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How Much Stuff Is Too Much Stuff?

March 3, 2010

I love stuff. I love random gadgets and electronic toys, I love books, I love candles and picture frames and random little things that you put on ledges because they’re too cute to hide but you can’t seem to find a real PLACE in the house where they specifically belong. As many of you know, [...]