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	<title>My Journey To Stay At Home</title>
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		<title>New Books To Read!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago, the two books I ordered arrived.  I ordered them used and online so that I would get a good deal on them!  The first one is called &#8220;You Can Afford To Stay At Home With Your Kids&#8221; by Malia McCawley Wyckoff and Mary Snyder.  The other book is called &#8220;So You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=38&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes It&#8217;s Nice To Hear A Little Praise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night as my husband was rubbing my aching back, he began to tell me how much he admired me.  I asked him why, and he said it was because I had worked through my entire pregnancy.  To fill you in a little, I was horribly sick all day, every day until I was 16 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=36&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/sometimes-its-nice-to-hear-a-little-praise/</link>
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		<title>A Few Really Hidden Costs Of Working</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This list and it&#8217;s information was taken from a book I just ordered called &#8220;You Can Afford To Stay Home With Your Kids&#8221; by Malia McCawley Wyckoff and Mary Snyder.  (List found on page 28)
1.  Business Trips.  How come an all-expense-paid business trip always ends up costing you so much of your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=34&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/a-few-really-hidden-costs-of-working/</link>
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		<title>Cutting Back At Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the economy on a roller coaster, and the possibility of our family going to one income in the near future, I thought this year would be a good year to start cutting back at Christmas.  Now, when I say &#8220;cutting back&#8221; I may not necessarily be referring to buy less for people.  I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=32&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/cutting-back-at-christmas/</link>
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		<title>The CVS Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One way I have found to save lots of money on some personal nessicities is to utilize CVS.  I am in no way an expert on spending very little out of pocket and racking up tons of ECB&#8217;s (Extra Care Bucks), but I am learning, and have been able to make some deals work really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=28&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/the-cvs-game/</link>
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		<title>How To Have Fun For Less.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest drawbacks to going to one income is feeling deprived.  On a two-income budget, there is usually a little more &#8220;free money&#8221; to play and use for entertainment.  How do you go to a one-income budget, but not feel like you have to sit at home and stare at the walls?  Here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=21&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/how-to-have-fun-for-less/</link>
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		<title>Places To Find Great Deals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few places where I have been able to find some great advice on saving money and some good deals!
Money Saving Mom
Baby Cheapskate
The Centsible Sawyer
Freebies 4 Mom
Bargain Briana
My Precious Pennies
Common Sense With Money
The Coupon Cupboard
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		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/places-to-find-great-deals/</link>
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		<title>Why Is It So Hard To Sit At Work?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a very tough day.  I sat at work all day with nothing to do.  Days like that are so hard for me because my mind thinks of all the things that I could be accomplishing at home to get ready for my baby&#8217;s arrival.  I know there is a reason for me to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=18&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/why-is-it-so-hard-to-sit-at-work/</link>
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		<title>Living On A Budget.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next thing I had to decide on my journey to stay at home was to live on a budget.  Now, I have to say that I am not perfect at this, and it is still a work in progress.  However, I have a basic budget in place, and am working to make it fit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=13&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/living-on-a-budget/</link>
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		<title>Calculating Your Cost To Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the first things I did when trying to decide whether or not to stay at home, was to figure out what it would really cost me to work.  Boy was I shocked!!  We do not live in a big city, and the cost of living is relatively low.  I was definitely not prepared [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journeytostayathome.wordpress.com&blog=5113230&post=7&subd=journeytostayathome&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://journeytostayathome.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/compute-your-cost-to-work/</link>
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