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Claudia Good

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The Good Life

As our evening is coming to a close in the Good household, we realized that we have been blogging for 176 days straight. Just 5 days short of 6 months of blog posts! You have heard about our adventures, read about our struggles, and…

May 4, 2012
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Budgeters Come Forth

We are having a budget meeting. Yup. Anyone want to join us? (I’m only partially kidding.) We are wondering… What are some ways you make your budget meetings fun? If you don’t have budget meetings… well, why not? (only partially kidding there too) 😉…

May 2, 2012
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Take It From Zappos

I’ve been listening to the audio book “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos. His life story, never ending creativity, and continual drive to pursue his goals have been eye-opening to say the least. I’m sure many of you know about Zappos.…

May 2, 2012
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Perspective Slaps You Across The Face

Have you ever had a bad day? Like a really bad day, maybe you were late to work. You didn’t get a good night of sleep because the baby was crying all night. You had an argument with your wife before you ran out…

April 29, 2012
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Whack-A-Mole

Honestly, today was wonderful and really rough all wrapped into one big blob of a day. I felt like I accomplished a lot and nothing at all depending how I look at it. The day has come to an end while we clean up the chaos it…

April 27, 2012
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The Lighter Side: Casually Broke

“We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.” -Dave Ramsey Question: Do you listen to the Dave Ramsey Show?…

April 20, 2012
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How To Like Your Life

I’ve never looked at each day as a gift before. Each day I viewed as simply one to get through so that I could get to the one I was actually looking forward to. It sounds horrible to say. But that was how I…

April 19, 2012
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Is It A Good Decision Or A Bad One?

Do you ever do the right thing and know you are doing the right thing, but it is so much harder than the wrong thing that you’ve been doing for years? Sometimes it seems like making the right decision is like stepping out over…

April 17, 2012
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Where Does It Come From?

I almost saw the wind today. The wind… it howled, actually howled through the pine trees I sat under. As I looked up, I saw the sun reflect off of the long, thin needles as they swayed gracefully. It was as if it had…

April 15, 2012