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What’s the Best Value: Buying Big vs Buying Small?

Sometimes you have to buy big and sometimes you have to buy small if you want to get the best value for your money. It all depends on the circumstance. At the grocery store, you want to buy big when buying in bulk will save you the most money. Of course, it doesn’t always work that way. Always check unit price and do a comparison of your various options. Usually this works well on items that aren’t otherwise on sale, don’t have coupons, can be used up before they expire or are purchased at a bulk warehouse store where normal … Continue reading →

The Harmful “Him” vs. “Her”

I know that men and women think differently. My first impulse is to examine how much of that is natural and how much is a result of cultural conditioning, but that’s a study for another time, and really another blog. What I want to focus on today is the sort of “us” vs. “them” mentality that arises sometimes, and how that might affect marriages. I had to read “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” for a high school health class. I found it abhorrent, and said as much in my paper on the book. I understand as much … Continue reading →

Diapers 101 – Cloth vs Disposable

There are many things that come along with becoming a parent. One thing that you will be doing a lot of for the next few years is changing diapers. Babies need diapers, so you are likely to be thinking ahead about what kind of diapers your baby will wear once he is born. The two basic categories of diapers are disposable diapers and cloth diapers. There are pros and cons that go along with each of them, and you will have to make a decision based upon what you feel is best for the needs of your family. I wanted … Continue reading →

Freebies from Coldstone, CVS, Cinnabon, and More!

Ready for some great freebies? Every week, new ones appear. Some are easy to get, and others make you jump through some hoops before you can get the freebie. This week, I found freebies on snacks, drinks, and educational materials! Coldstone has a coupon for a free creation! Buy any creation and get a second creation, of equal or lesser value, for free! You will need to have this coupon with you in order to take advantage of this freebie. This coupon expires on August 30, 2012. CVS has a freebie right now on Unreal Candy Bars. They are the … Continue reading →

Needs vs. Wants

Becoming a single parent is hard in so many ways. Adjusting to all of the changes can be difficult right at first. One of the most challenging things for many single parents is learning how to manage their finances on their own. Being the sole income when there are children to support can be overwhelming to say the least. You learn to live within your means very quickly, or your kids don’t eat. As a mother the sacrifices come easily. We naturally will set aside our own needs for that of our children. What’s harder is learning to distinguish needs … Continue reading →

Plastic vs Reusable

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Los Angeles just became the largest city to vote ban the use of plastic bags. Los Angeles alone uses 2.3 billion plastic shopping bags a year and only about 5% are recycled. What does this mean to the rest of us? It means that the times, they are a changing and we need to adapt. I’ve long been a fan of reusable shopping bags. Mine are about two years old now and almost embarrassing to use. I need to make some new ones. I don’t like bringing home plastic bags so I try to always have one in my purse, … Continue reading →

Librarians Vs. Genealogists

The Lewis Cooper Junior Memorial Library has a problem. The librarians want to organize the unofficial genealogical section according to the Dewey Decimal Classification. The genealogists who use those books want them to be organized alphabetically. This is a dispute over organizational preference. The Lewis Cooper Junior Memorial Library is located in the city of Opelika in Alabama. There is a feud going on between the librarians and the members of the East Alabama Genealogical Society. This dispute is about a difference of opinion that the two groups have over how to organize the books that are in the unofficial … Continue reading →

Once Upon A Time vs. Reality

Banishment to a place like this is the supposed horrible unhappy ending for the people of the Enchanted Forest The second episode of “Once Upon A Time” aired on Sunday. I don’t know if I’ll do weekly recaps or reviews, but I wanted to revisit the show on my blog because last week and this week raised interesting themes I didn’t have time to explore in my first overview. The crux of the conflict of “Once Upon A Time” revolves around the fact that the curse–which took the fairy tale inhabitants of the Enchanted Forest and trapped them in modern … Continue reading →

Single-Parenting vs. Adoption

Single parenting can come about in a number of ways. Some of us were thrust into it unwillingly as a result of a divorce, others are faced with a difficult decision; single parent or place. I have been on both ends of the single parenting spectrum. I was just out of high school and faced with the most difficult decision of my life. My boyfriend and I had just broken up less than 24 hours before I found myself pregnant. A good friend of mine found herself in a similar situation not long after I did. One of us chose … Continue reading →

International vs Domestic Adoption

We have friends that are in China adopting a beautiful baby girl right now. The journey for them to adopt a baby from China started over five years ago. They knew since they got married that they wanted to adopt a baby girl from China they just did not realize how long the process would take. When you do an international adoption there are rules and guidelines that the country of origin requires for international adoption. It does not happen as fast as you see when some famous celebrity goes to a country and comes right home with a baby. … Continue reading →