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How to Make Room for a Planned or Unplanned Baby in the Big City

Make Room for a Planned or Unplanned Baby, pregnancy, city life

Taylor / June 2nd, 2014 / 9 Comments

One of the most expensive chosen undertakings in life. Yet regardless of the expense. People still keep doing it. And doing it. 😛 While others choose life without children to avoid unwanted change and guarantee financial stability. But honestly we can never 100% predict what will happen or what we’ll want in the future. I used to be a member of the second camp. I never planned to have kids....

Posted in: Family Tagged with: Babies, Baby, benefits of not having children, children, choose not to have children, Diapers, is not having children bad, is not having children sinful, why not have children

6 Fun Valentine’s Day Activities with Kids

Valentine's Day Activities, valentine's with the kids

Melissa Batai / February 12th, 2014 / No Comments

Valentine’s Day is marked as a time for romance, but kids like Valentine’s Day as well! After all, they get to exchange Valentine’s with their classmates and receive candy, which is the best part for many kids. My mom always made Valentine’s Day special by giving me a card and a box of chocolates. If you’re the parent of young kids and you want to make Valentine’s...

Posted in: Family Tagged with: activities with kids, children, cooking with kids, frugal cooking tips, valentines day

Update: Sept 4-10

CF / September 10th, 2011 / 2 Comments

This week at work we had a visual design specialist coming in to show us how to pretty-up the company website and add different types of interactive infographics. It’s been really exciting for me because I’ve always wanted to learn more about web development and design. I’m super inspired now and may actually take a crack at designing something spiffy for my (many) personal projects. Links...

Posted in: General Tagged with: children, finance