The Active Family

It’s that time of year again! All three of my kiddos are sporting red noses and have the sniffles. I had to break out my arsenal of cold remedies to help them out of their collective funks.
Obviously there are a few common sense things we do around here to help prevent colds. The kids dress [...]

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Then comes Marriage……
My sister has been married for 4 years this November, and they have finally decided to start trying for a baby!! I never thought I’d see this day, they, like many other young couples, insisted they didn’t want children, and would adopt if they decided later.
Well lately my sister has had a nasty [...]

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I noticed that recently hedy mentioned her FSA (Federal Savings Account) being underfunded this past year. We also ran into that issue as we had not accounted for our daughter being admitted to the hospital twice, and we also made some poor decisions about our health insurance.
The hospital visits you can’t help, but this year [...]

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It’s been a long time since I have had time off from work, aside from just the normal “not on the schedule” day during the week.
I decided to keep the weekend off after we canceled our vacation. My husband kept his vacation days too, so it was nice to have him home all week. We [...]

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I have a TON of stuff that I am in the process of selling right now, and it struck me that I’m probably getting less than half now than I would have this time last year. I have a bunch on both ebay and craigslist, but items are going for cheap money, and I am [...]

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Hey, cut me some slack…it IS still Fall! I tried really hard to get a head start on this in the final days of summer, but I’m still trying to get caught up on all the work that needs to be done around here.
I have to go through the kids clothes again, the baby had [...]

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I am lucky to have a gym really close to where I live and work. It is within walking distance to my house, and directly across the street from my job. My husband has a membership, but I’ve been holding off, since I was waiting to see if the town was going ahead with YMCA [...]

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I’ve been getting comments lately that I “look like I’ve lost weight!” Who doesn’t LOVE to hear that? I haven’t been doing anything more than I have all year, it just seems like my shape is starting to peek through now.
Normally after the compliment, I get the question…”what have you been doing?” The answer is [...]

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Tonight on the menu was baked potato soup. My baked potato soup has all the elements of mom’s but less fat and fewer calories. It certainly packs a punch in the taste department!
This potato soup isn’t exactly a quick recipe, it takes a little care to get right, but it is worth every minute. Making [...]

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My husband and I are in the middle of our plan for getting out of debt, which makes us ridiculously happy. However, as a result of us paying off our charges, our credit scores have actually DROPPED. Nice huh? Do the right thing, get punished.
To us it isn’t a huge deal, as we don’t plan [...]

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