I’m sure anyone reading this blog has been following the national healthcare debate.  Also if you read this blog, I mentioned that my cheap insurance company refuses to COVER my breast pump.  But I have been hounding them because they SHOULD.  Out of principal hell yes they should.  We pay premiums, we follow their damn [...]

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You are able to contribute up to $5k/year to a flexible spending account.  This is different from a health savings account, which you own and are able to accrue money in tax free for medical premiums and expenses for your life.  What you put in grows tax free, but usually is with taxed money.  Then [...]

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I have fabulous medical insurance.  Ridiculously great benefits. We’ve chatted with our neighbors and friends and our benefits are superior in price and coverage.  Pretty much everything covered.  I have 24 chirovisit, vision and dental basic coverage, we pay extra for more coverage $7/month for vision and dental!  If we have a baby it’s $0 [...]

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My DH and I are putting in a garden.  Is it a frugal move?  Not really.  Honestly I think it will cost us more to put in a garden than what we will get out of it.  But it’s the right non-financial move for us.  We’re enjoying doing the outdoor work after being cooped up [...]

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In the Wall Street Journal recently an article was written about people complaining about people sitting next to them on planes who enroached on their space.  The question arose, should bigger people be required to buy 2 seats?   Let’s start out by saying that airlines are JERKS.
According to research done, the minimum width a seat [...]

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Today I am going to the dentist to replace my crown.  My crown is only 8 years old and I thought they should last at least 10 years.  Actually the crown is in great shape.  It just doesn’t fit my tooth anymore.  Why?
Well last year the cement fell off the crown.  I went to see [...]

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