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		<title>How to freeze cilantro &#8230; and why you would want to</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I were driving down to our class reunion this past weekend and right as we crossed the state line from Minnesota to Iowa, I asked him a very serious question. &#8220;Honey, do you think I&#8217;m odd?&#8221; To my husband&#8217;s credit, he only paused for a moment before replying: &#8220;Well, yes, but in every good way.&#8221; What sprung this line of thinking was my thought process regarding a dinner party we were going to be hosting on Sunday. &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/10/20/101361_how-to-freeze-cilantro-and-why-you-would-want-to.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The power of DIY</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are having some unexpected company this evening. And I&#8217;m out of toilet bowl cleaner. Under normal circumstances, the two situations wouldn&#8217;t be mutually exclusive, but it&#8217;s been awhile since I&#8217;ve scrubbed said bowl and decided that this is a perfect excuse to do a Google search on &#8220;How to make your own toilet bowl cleaner.&#8221; Because that&#8217;s something that I&#8217;ve wanted to do &#8230; phase out commercial/conventional cleaners in favor of greener alternatives (that don&#8217;t cost &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/10/04/101344_the-power-of-diy-2.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Iced Coffee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to admit it &#8230; I&#8217;ve spent way too much money this summer on iced coffee from Starbucks. In my mind I have justified it as such &#8230; it&#8217;s cheaper than my usual venti caramel macchiato and because it&#8217;s simply coffee and ice, it has to be better for me. Right? Righ &#8211; erm, not so much. Let&#8217;s go back to one of the things that I wrote: &#8220;Because it&#8217;s simply coffee and ice.&#8221; And there you have it &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/07/26/101305_diy-iced-coffee.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saving money on groceries</title>
		<link>http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/05/20/101265_saving-money-on-groceries.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;ve written ad nauseum about this topic in the past, but let&#8217;s face it &#8230; with gas prices reaching to nearly $4 a gallon, everyone is looking at various ways to save some pennies &#8230; wherever they can find them. For my husband and I &#8211; and it&#8217;s likely easier for us because we&#8217;re a duo and not a family with children &#8211; whenever we need to save some money, the first place that we can look is &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/05/20/101265_saving-money-on-groceries.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230; And then what?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an unapologetic and avid reader of the New York Times online. I say &#8220;unapologetic&#8221; because as an ex-journalist, some of my friends look at me as if I&#8217;ve grown another head when I admit that I do not currently have a newspaper subscription, am usually ignorant of the events that go on in my city, but read my news online. I guess I am &#8220;that person&#8221; who has contributed to the downfall of print. My love of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/04/03/101220_and-then-what.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling the travel itch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I took a road trip last night up to the Twin Cities. Our trip translated to about 2 1/2 hours in a car and usually when we have this sort of time together we have no problem running out of conversation. (&#8220;The time has come,&#8221; the Walrus said, &#8220;To talk of many things: Of shoes &#8211; and ships &#8211; and sealing-wax &#8211; Of cabbages &#8211; and kings &#8230;&#8221;) Many times, our road trips revolve around the question &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/02/20/101190_feeling-the-travel-itch.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking about DIY &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more funds available to us to do some of the home upgrades and remodels that we&#8217;ve put off for so long, I find myself thinking about the priorities that we need to set and wondering how much of the work we can do ourselves? I forwarded an email to my husband today from a big box retailer that promised a weekend bathroom remodel for less than $500 and I found myself tempted by the smiles of the folks featured &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/02/15/101177_thinking-about-diy.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Thrift Store Tutorial</title>
		<link>http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/01/30/101165_a-thrift-store-tutorial.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow &#8230; it just seems like yesterday I was celebrating the New Year by going through old magazines and whittling down piles of paper. Fast forward and tomorrow is the 31st. And I&#8217;m still working on piles of paper and trying to be a neater and more organized person in general. Talk to me in July and this might still be the status quo of my life. Anyway &#8211; along with the physical cleaning that I did today, I also &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2011/01/30/101165_a-thrift-store-tutorial.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in home haircutting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me go on record as saying this first: When it comes to my hair and haircuts, if I could, I would totally shave my head. But since I really can&#8217;t do that, I&#8217;ve now settled on the next best thing &#8211; shaving my husband&#8217;s head. On Sunday, I purchased one of those Wahl hair trimmers for $26 at Walmart. Buying one of those has been something that Hubby and I have gone back and forth about &#8211; yeah, it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2010/12/02/101134_adventures-in-home-haircutting.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good deal or a crock?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wondering what your guys&#8217; input is &#8230; This is something that I saw last year from several restaurants, but now I&#8217;m seeing this at one of my grocery stores, so I&#8217;m taking notice &#8230; if you buy x-amount of gift cards, you will get x-amount free. (Typically these deals run $10 gift card for every $50 you spend in gift cards or $20 for spending $100.) Is this a good deal or is this a crock? I&#8217;ve seen these gift &#8230; <a href="http://www.debtreduction101.com/2010/11/28/101130_good-deal-or-a-crock.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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