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Two Small Budget Home Improvements that Make a Big Impact

Owning a home means that there is always something to fix or to improve. Living in our homes, we tend to see all of the things we would like to change. Homeowners can easily spend tens of thousands of dollars on home improvement projects each year. Most of us, however, don’t have the luxury of an unlimited home improvement budget. Does that mean that we have to forego improvements completely? Of course not! Small budget home improvement projects are quite possible. In fact, if you know where to apply your money, you can experience big changes in your home for … Continue reading →

Time to Get Started

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Ready to get started on putting together your family tree? I’ve been intending to start mine, but so far, all I’ve managed to do is dabble in it. Perhaps if I decide to write about my progress it will inspire me to make the time to finally get started on my family tree. I’ve been writing for the genealogy blog for a few years now. In 2010, I decided to make my very first genealogical New Year’s resolutions. One of them was to finally put together my family tree. It is now 2012, and I realize that I haven’t made … Continue reading →

Go Big With Giant Painting Projects!

Whether you follow a curriculum in the summer or just take it easy, these art projects are sure to be a hit! So you love yourself a good wall mural, or perhaps your kids like finger painting. Those things are wonderful, but have you considered other great big painting options? Options that will make your kids go wild with glee? If you have a big batch of paper and some paint, try out some of these giant painting projects: Slide painting. This is simple. You have a slide. You have some tape. You have a kid or two or three. … Continue reading →

The Artist Predicted to Win Big

When I first heard about The Artist, I wasn’t quite sure what to think about it. It was a French silent film. I wasn’t a big fan of French or silent films, other than a brief Clara Bow phase I went through. But, I am always up for something new, so one afternoon, I took off work and went to see The Artist. If you are wondering why I took off work, it’s because I knew that neither my 7-year-old son nor my husband would sit through a silent film. I went to a newly renovated theater near our house. … Continue reading →

How Big Should My Business Be?

One of the bigger challenges of being a home – based professional is deciding how large or small your business should be. On one hand, you want it to be big so that you generate a lot of income. On the other hand, it must be small enough for you to comfortably manage all of the work, especially if you are doing it as a solo venture. Fortunately, it can be fairly easy to know with some degree of certainty when your capacity has been reached. Whether you have one home – based business or more than one, your calendar … Continue reading →

How to Start a Big Project

I keep telling myself that I’ll tackle the bigger projects around the house as soon as I get organized. This means that if I am not careful, I’ll wind up spending most of my time on the little things and never get to those big projects, the ones that would really make a difference in my home. Most of the time, it is actually more effective to tackle something big. The little projects tend to sort themselves out afterward. For example, for years, I tackled bits of the basement in small sections at a time. You know how basements are. … Continue reading →

The Start of Work

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You know what’s hard? Starting to work on a big project (or, in my case, a large part of a huge project). It’s just disorienting. It feels like starting over. In some ways it feels like being a senior in high school, king of the class, and then going to college and being demoted to freshman. It really is like starting over again. All of the sudden you’re in unfamiliar territory and you’re not sure what to do, where to go, or even who you are. You question yourself. Why did I come here? Why did I even agree to … Continue reading →

My Biggest Obstacle: Time Management

When I list all the things I do to someone they usually remark, “Wow, you must be the queen of time management.” As my face shows sheer surprise as my eyebrow lifts and I move back taken off balance by such a statement I laugh and reply, “Uh, I try.” I then chide myself for such a lie. I may try from time to time to manage my time but most of the time I am fail and my time is wasted on silly tasks like wondering how many times I can say “time” in a sentence. Is there any … Continue reading →

Being Frugal Is A Way Of Life – New FL Blogger Intro

Finally, I’m writing my Frugal Living introduction post. Better late than never, I always say. I wanted to say hello to my fellow FL living blogger Mary Ann Romans, and all of Families.com new bloggers. Since starting with this website about a month ago I’ve been having a lot of fun writing in my various topics. Being able to share and learn is a wonderful thing. As the title of my blog today states, being frugal truly is a way of life, not just one area of it. Many times someone may start out counting pennies in the area of … Continue reading →

Starting is Hard

On a typical week I would typically post a new blog each Tuesday & Thursday evening… typically. These last weeks have been anything but typical. My apologies if you, on one of those nights, were anxiously awaiting another post. I got caught up in the recent problems I’ve been having trying to set up my film course with technology and I also had difficulties readjusting to the courses I’m taking as a student. This all leads me to the inevitable conclusion that starting is hard. Things are new, potentially exciting, and shiny… but it is still hard to start. We … Continue reading →