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Snapshot of Our Life: 40 Below, Temperature Low
It’s the daily life that gets lost and forgotten over the years. I want to remember these in-between times, not only for the little memories that might not seem significant now, but to be able to have these stories to share with our kids in the years to come. Some days blogging is hard. Some days living is hard. Some days all you can write about is what you see around you. That is the snapshot of our life. Snapshot of Our Life: January 16, 2012 Where are we? We’re living in Fairbanks, Alaska in the first house we ever bought. We are moving away and planning to sell the…
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Sometimes Expensive Can Be Frugal After All
My husband and I gave up our gym membership when we started tightening the household budget several years ago. It was the first thing to go, as a matter of fact, because it was the most expensive item of spending that we had control over. It’s not as though we couldn’t work out still because we do have some exercise equipment at home that was given to us for Christmas. The home equipment is limiting, however, and without weights our home gym is pretty inadequate. We missed the gym membership a lot, and although it made us sad to let it go, it certainly helped toward paying off some debts.…
