Apr

12

Preventing Premature Births - March of Dimes

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April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

She doesn’t know it yet* I will be joining Mrs. Flinger on May 3rd to walk for Maddie Spohr and for March of Dimes. I have set up my own donation page on the Seattle for Maddie team for a couple of reasons.

I couldn’t find a Portland team to walk with. I know there’s a [...]

Oct

20

It’s the little things

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October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment

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Last night a friend, we’ll call her Georgia, and I were talking about how great pen & paper journaling is for our hearts. While we have absolutely different journaling styles (she likes large, unruled, sketchbooks and I like compact college-ruled spiral-bound notebooks) we both like to use our journals to [...]

Oct

3

Friday 5 - 10/3/08

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October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Five Goals for October
 

Lose two more pounds. By walking and watching what I was eating, I managed to lose three pounds in September. I want to lose two more in October, November and December and then I’ll be down to my goal weight. It’s really as easy as I made it out to [...]

Sep

30

Save money while at college

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September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Studies show that people with college degrees make more money than those who don’t - about 50% more money just for a bachelor’s degree, in fact.If you go on to earn your PhD, however you can make upwards of 200% what you would have earned without any degree. College is [...]

Sep

16

Did you know …

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September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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… if you saved $1 per day and invested it at 10%, you’d have almost $200,000 in 40 years?
Do you think you could do that? With the rates banks are offering now, you probably can’t find 10%, but I would bet you one days’ savings that [...]

Sep

11

Why I ditched you

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September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Last week was rough on me. I’ve since moved on (literally & figuratively) but let’s rehash.
Monday: I thought I was going to overdraw my bank account. Turns out I was nowhere near doing so, but still, the stress totally freaked me out. I came home from five days of house-sitting and stressed about [...]

Sep

9

Things I’ve learned

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September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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I mentioned in a previous entry that I was working at paying off credit card debt; and I got a very happy surprise in the mail on Friday night. Credit card #2 will be paid off with a $16 payment in September. The debt on this card was (from what I can remember) [...]

Aug

19

How I know that I know what I’m talking about

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August 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

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Over a year ago, the collectors started calling. I ignored their phone calls until September when the voice mail had the words “legal proceedings” in it. Scared, I called. Crying, I explained that I was totally broke because my husband had left me (admittedly, the next time someone called, I [...]

Aug

18

Abortion, partner violence and overspending

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August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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No evidence that single abortion causes significant mental conditions, APA task force report says - “An American Psychological Association task force review of more than 150 studies has found that although women who choose to terminate unplanned pregnancies might have feelings of grief and loss, the relative risk [...]

Aug

12

Intro to Two for Tuesdays

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August 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

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Two aspects of health that many women don’t normally consider include your relationships with other people and your finances, but if you think about it, both can have very positive and very negative effects on your health!
Think about it; if your marriage is struggling, your head hurts, [...]