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		<title>Not Everything Has To Be Measured In Money</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/11/23/105445_not-everything-has-to-be-measured-in-money.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always a little surprised at how much everything in our society is measured in terms of money. We measure our worth by our salaries, not by how much we love our work. We measure our remodeling projects by how much we can get back when we sell and not on how much we love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Life Without Debt: The Debt Free House</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/09/29/105233_a-life-without-debt-the-debt-free-house.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/09/29/105233_a-life-without-debt-the-debt-free-house.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadie Morris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saving Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt free house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extra mortgage payments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only debt we&#8217;ve ever incurred was to buy our house. At the time we bought, we just didn&#8217;t have a spare $150K lying around so we had to get a mortgage. We knew going in that we didn&#8217;t want to be stuck with it for thirty years so we set out to buy a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>19 Fall Tune Ups and Checks to Save You Money Throughout the Winter</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/09/14/105187_19-fall-tune-ups-and-checks-to-save-you-money-throughout-the-winter.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/09/14/105187_19-fall-tune-ups-and-checks-to-save-you-money-throughout-the-winter.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just had our first cool snap of the year. While it will be hot again by the end of the week, the cool weather reminded me of the things I need to do to get my home and family ready for the colder months ahead. Some simple preparation and prevention efforts now will save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Cool This Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/08/15/105020_keeping-cool-this-summer.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/08/15/105020_keeping-cool-this-summer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David G. Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Frugal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the middle of August.  That means that if you live anywhere in the continental United States, it is probably a lot hotter outside than you would like.  With temperatures in the 90’s and 100’s across much of America, staying cool becomes a very serious pursuit.  Staying cool without breaking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Greener, Money Saving House</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/08/10/104990_the-greener-money-saving-house.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[insulation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[power strips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[room darkening blinds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[storm doors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[weather stripping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine works for the local newspaper. In the process of writing an article about green home improvements, she stopped by to look around my house since she knows that I am a &#8220;greenie.&#8221; She wanted me to show her the improvements we&#8217;ve made and to give her an estimate of how much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look at Your Clutter, See Your Money</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/08/05/104942_look-at-your-clutter-see-your-money.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/08/05/104942_look-at-your-clutter-see-your-money.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cleaning house]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was trapped in a hotel on a rainy weekend and I got sucked into a marathon of Clean House. (This is why I don&#8217;t keep cable at home. If stuff is on, I just fall into it.) I was mesmerized by the amount of stuff that some of these people had. Stuff was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 Inexpensive Ways to Spruce Up Your Home</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/07/01/104779_20-inexpensive-ways-to-spruce-up-your-home.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/07/01/104779_20-inexpensive-ways-to-spruce-up-your-home.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a neighbor the other day and she expressed how frustrated she is with her current house and how much she&#8217;d like to move. As we talked, it became clear to me that it&#8217;s not the actual house, neighborhood, or lot she hates, it&#8217;s that the house is older and needs some [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stop Depending On Others to Fix Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/06/15/104723_stop-depending-on-others-to-fix-everything.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/06/15/104723_stop-depending-on-others-to-fix-everything.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to the radio the other day and the DJ was talking about how he had to call someone to come fix his garage door opener. No matter how much he pushed the button, it wouldn&#8217;t open. There was no sign of life from the thing; even the overhead light didn&#8217;t work. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cost of Pests</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/04/17/104351_cost-of-pests.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/04/17/104351_cost-of-pests.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David G. Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, my wife and I awoke to the pitter patter of little feet in our home. It was not our children, because long ago they left gentle footsteps behind them in favor of the thundering stomp-stomp-stomp of teenage boys.  It was not our grandchildren because we do not have any.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enabling Self-Indulgent Adult Children Is Not Good Parenting</title>
		<link>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/04/15/104358_self-indulgent-adult-children.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2009/04/15/104358_self-indulgent-adult-children.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David G. Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About ten years ago, a woman I know gave up a high paying job in Connecticut because she felt that she could not handle the stress.  She moved to rural Florida for a few years, lived with a guy she had met in high school in a house that her parents bought and basically [...]]]></description>
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