Better Oats Celebrates National Oatmeal Month (but you get the gift!)

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I love oatmeal.

I’ve loved it since pretty much forever. My kids eat oatmeal at least three times a week for breakfast and love it. It’s fast, easy, and healthy – talk about a super-win for breakfast!

Not only that, when it’s been a long day and I just cannot fathom the thought of . . . → Read More: Better Oats Celebrates National Oatmeal Month (but you get the gift!)

5 Tips (Learned the Hard Way) for Managing Family Finances

Not having a budget is like gambling with your money!

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It used to look a little something like this…

Me: . . . → Read More: 5 Tips (Learned the Hard Way) for Managing Family Finances

Bombed my Math Quiz

Luckily I get to take it a second time, but of course I’m scared to.

I’m not sure why I got the answers wrong that I did. 70% is just unacceptable.

I’ll figure this out and retake the quiz in a little bit when I’m feeling more sure of myself.

It’s tough to be . . . → Read More: Bombed my Math Quiz

Five Fabulous Bloggers

Thanks to Trop 50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 fabulous wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to help grant a friend’s wish!

I was (and am) really excited to be able to tell the world about my choices for the . . . → Read More: Five Fabulous Bloggers

How Do You Write A Great Personal Statement?

"Highlight" your achievements! (har har)

"Highlight" your achievements! (har har)

I’m staring at my screen, watching the cursor blink at me as if to say, “come on come on come on” while I feel that paralysis in my bones that comes from not knowing what to say.

There are a hundred things I could say, but I don’t . . . → Read More: How Do You Write A Great Personal Statement?

Balancing Kindness with Patience

I try really hard not to be a complete jackhole on the Internet.

Which is REALLY difficult sometimes because I feel like mall cop of the Internet but my pet peeve is littering with words and you just can’t enforce that. You can chase people on your virtual Segway all day…but they’ll still litter . . . → Read More: Balancing Kindness with Patience

More TED Stuff (or, what’s wrong with me? LOL)

So after my Tony Robbins exploration I ran into another TED video I couldn’t resist watching. It was by a guy who wrote a book. I know, that doesn’t narrow it down.

Oh, it was Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice

It explained a lot of my “nothing is ever good enough” feelings really . . . → Read More: More TED Stuff (or, what’s wrong with me? LOL)

Tony Robbins, Self Help 101, and Being Awesome

Everything is okay. I don’t want you to think that because I’m talking about Tony Robbins or Self Help that I’ve got a crisis going on. I re-evaluated the pricing on my school stuff and I’m okay with it. A basic cost-benefit analysis reveals that the amount of time it would take to research . . . → Read More: Tony Robbins, Self Help 101, and Being Awesome

The Kiyonna Wrap Dress

Kiyonna Clothing Rocks.

I’m so confused.

I’m in love with THIS dress.

Kiyonna Clothing Rocks.

It’s a cool $98 dollars, but the beautiful jackets I bought a year ago still look brand new and are just as comfortable as the first time I put one on. The clothing fits beautifully and I’m in love with the . . . → Read More: The Kiyonna Wrap Dress

Textbooks or Heroin? A Price Study

Ok, I’ll let you off the hook, heroin is more expensive per ounce than textbooks, bar none.

But that still didn’t stop me thinking about that all the way home from school today with $1000 in textbooks in my backseat (for those of you that read $1300 on facebook, I bought my Finite Math . . . → Read More: Textbooks or Heroin? A Price Study