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		<title>Did I Cause This Nightmare?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newtown, Connecticut. We&#8217;re all searching desperately for answers that don&#8217;t really exist.  In the wake of over two dozen murders, most of them young children, we want to know why.  We must stop it from ever happening again.  Everything will be questioned.  Too many guns.  Not enough guns.  Asperger&#8217;s.  Homeschooling.  Metal detectors.  Police in schools. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=491&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3. If My Husband Made as Much as Yours &#8211; Surviving on a Single Income Pt. 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 3 in the series on surviving on a single income.  Primarily on housing and property taxes, you'll find other little tidbits too.  Happy reading!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=477&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Over Reacting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 13:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I think I probably over-reacted.  I&#8217;ll know for sure in the morning. I looked up at gymnastics to see my daughter, standing in front of me, crying.  She was holding her bloody mouth.  I grabbed my stuff and said we&#8217;re out of here.  A coach passing by asked if she was okay, and I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=467&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 20:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 17, 2012 my beautiful mom, Deborah Louise Appleby, met her Savior face to face around 8:00 in the evening.  She had battled cancer for two years. Oh how she fought.  Initially, we were told she would only live a couple months.  She was so frail.  She could not walk or move without excruciating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=456&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first half of my Mother&#8217;s Day was spectacular!  Breakfast in bed with all my favorite breakfast foods.  Some awesome gifts from the kids.  John got me The Hunger Games and 4 hours of quiet time to read.  He cooked a fabulous lunch.  Everyone was in good spirits.  The kids were putting the final touches [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=447&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 04:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m probably breaking some blogger rule by posting an unrelated article during a series.  Fire me. Tomorrow is Mother&#8217;s Day.  Actually, by the time I post this, it may already be Mother&#8217;s Day.  This will be the second Mother&#8217;s Day that has been, well, different.  A few days after Mother&#8217;s Day 2010, my mom was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=436&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2. If My Husband Made as Much as Yours &#8211; Surviving on a Single Income Pt. 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you take the plunge, it is crucial to define a purpose.  Why exactly are you doing this?  It’s hard and exhausting work being at home with little ones.  It’s easy to lose your sense of identity when your life is suddenly defined by your husband’s job or your children’s milestones.  The tangible markers of success are gone.  As the cars age, and aren’t replaced, your neighbors and friends begin to realize you don’t have as much money as them.  And in American culture, that can be tough.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=426&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1. If My Husband Made as Much as Yours &#8211; Surviving on a Single Income &#8211; Pt. 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I started writing this as a single post, but quickly realized it was dragging out.  There is so much to say on the topic of surviving, and even thriving, on a single income.  I decided to break it into a series, though I’m not sure how many parts yet.  So here we go…. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=395&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s be very clear, I&#8217;m not a scientist.  However, I do know that every species raises its young differently.  Some hatch from eggs completely independent while others are nurtured by one or more adults.  As for humans, we think our young are raised in small family units.  Realistically, in America, as throughout the industrialized world [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=288&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Notch Curriculum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gym memberships can cost $150 a month for a family, and a single doctor visit for one can be around $120. With that perspective, $79 isn't all that much to spend!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellaliberta.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10873839&#038;post=380&#038;subd=bellaliberta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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