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	<title>Monroe on a Budget &#187; Preschool years</title>
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	<description>A frugal living blog for Monroe, Mich.</description>
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		<title>Spring Mom 2 Mom sale season is starting</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2010/03/spring-mom-2-mom-sale-season-is-starting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2010/03/spring-mom-2-mom-sale-season-is-starting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clothing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a way to buy or sell used children&#8217;s clothing, furniture and accessories, a great way for southeast Michigan families to do that is with the Mom 2 Mom Sales.
The Mom 2 Mom sales are multi-family garage sales that typically held  in a school or church hall. The vendors rent their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Worth: Dealing with the kid tantrums on money</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2010/02/daily-worth-dealing-with-the-kid-tantrums-on-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2010/02/daily-worth-dealing-with-the-kid-tantrums-on-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Literacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Preschool years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single parenting and split families]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Worth - a money site for women &#8211; has an article today about kids and money that&#8217;s getting a lot of feedback from the readers: I&#8217;m spent &#8211; Confessions of one tired mom.
A snippet from Amanda&#8217;s article:
Here&#8217;s my confession. Rather than teach my three-year-old lessons in  self-control—lessons in budgeting even—I often buy him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Christmas Child ID event in Westland MI</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/12/free-christmas-child-id-event-in-westland-mi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/12/free-christmas-child-id-event-in-westland-mi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freebies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K-8 students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool years]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This event is for my readers in southeast Michigan. 
5-year-old Neveah Buchanan was from Monroe, Mich. She was found murdered late this spring, and there has been no arrest in the case. MonroeNews.com has a section with the Neveah local news archives.
A Christmas Child ID Event in Memory of Nevaeh Buchanan will be held from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toy giveaway Dec. 19 in Monroe MI</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/12/toy-giveaway-dec-19-in-monroe-mi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/12/toy-giveaway-dec-19-in-monroe-mi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assistance programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K-8 students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool years]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post is for my readers in and near Monroe, Mich., and is on page 3A of today&#8217;s edition of The Monroe Evening News:
Instant Tax Service will give away free toys to children 12 and younger Dec. 19.
The giveaway will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the firm in Hampton Plaza, 1337 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash back program at Caregivers Marketplace</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/12/cash-back-program-at-caregivers-marketplace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/12/cash-back-program-at-caregivers-marketplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senior citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=11922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Caregivers Marketplace is a cash back / rebate program to assist those who are caregivers of a loved one (or who need products themselves) with products that are commonly used to care for a baby or toddler, senior citizen, or someone who is  ill or injured.
Here is the explanation from their web site at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share frugal tips at the mom networks</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/share-frugal-tips-at-the-mom-networks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/share-frugal-tips-at-the-mom-networks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frugal living]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[K-8 students]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a mom of a little one, you know that the Internet is full of mom-related networks and sites.
The ones I knew about from 10 years ago or so were bulletin boards for moms who were pregnant about the same time. Some of the newer parenting sites are geographic based. Much of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babble.com: How the recession is stressing out kids</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/babble-com-how-the-recession-is-stressing-out-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/babble-com-how-the-recession-is-stressing-out-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial crisis / recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High school years]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babble.com has this post &#8211; The Family That Frets Together: How the recession is stressing out our kids.
A snippet:
It&#8217;s tempting to dismiss the suffering of children who are pretty wealthy compared to those whose parents were barely surviving on minimum wage and then get laid off. But when wealthy children, even middle class children, have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coupon Sherpa&#8217;s 5 tips for shopping with children</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/coupon-sherpas-5-tips-for-shopping-with-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/coupon-sherpas-5-tips-for-shopping-with-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Frugal living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Groceries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool years]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=10940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have one simple tip for shopping with young children:
Don&#8217;t do it.
I&#8217;m speaking from experience. I was divorced / single mom from the time my daughter was a year old until she was almost 5. Yes, that&#8217;s the prime age for temper tantrums in the shopping cart. Yes, I was working full-time and had no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the Santa myth (gracefully)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/breaking-the-santa-myth-gracefully/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/breaking-the-santa-myth-gracefully/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family fun]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=10924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My daughter did believe in Santa Claus when she was growing up.
I don&#8217;t remember at what point she stopped believing in Santa. I do remember that it was a relatively untraumatic situation as compared to what some other families experience.
What did we do right?
I can tell you it wasn&#8217;t planned, but that&#8217;s just what happened.
My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MonroeParent: Babysitting co-ops in Monroe and Toledo</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/monroeparent-babysitting-co-ops-in-monroe-and-toledo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/2009/10/monroeparent-babysitting-co-ops-in-monroe-and-toledo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Wethington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Frugal living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K-8 students]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My co-worker Michelle Swartz has an article for the Oct. 2009 issue of Monroe County Parent called &#8220;Unlimited childcare &#8211; a newly formed group offers free babysitting in southeast Michigan.&#8221;
A snippet:
Instead of money, the network uses a point system to exchange and track the times a person provides babysitting or uses a babysitter. Every 15 [...]]]></description>
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