When I’m stressed out, I experience eye twitching, which means this weekend when I pay bills my eyelid will be fluttering non-stop.

Eye twitching is technically a medical condition called blepharospasm and some extreme cases require surgery since it can impair vision. To prevent eye twitching, make sure to take your vitamins, don’t strain your eyes reading or using the computer, and for cyin’ out loud, don’t stress!

So, I didn’t exactly stick to my goal of not spending any money until next payday, but it was for a good cause!

• $25 Susan G. Komen

Please take a second to leave a comment supporting my friend Laurie in her fundraising efforts. A $5 donation could win you an iPod Nano!

A lot of parents struggle with the big issues when raising children. How do we talk to our children about drugs and alcohol? How do we teach our children to be respectful? When do we talk to our children about sex? Kids aren’t even a blip on our radar, and my husband and I have discussed these things!

All big decisions and deserving of much thought, but sometimes we need to bring it down a notch and think about teaching our children the little, everyday things that will make them successful. Like how to balance a checkbook, pay bills, manage their allowance, and read a credit card statement! Things that get overlooked at home and at school, but are holding young adults back from being successful adults.

Parents Connect is a great site by Nickelodeon that can help parents with decisions big and small, from pregnancy through teens. Everyone realizes that parents aren’t perfect, and this is the place for parents to share their successes and failures, weigh in on the every day aspects the chaotic events of child rearing, and cheer each other on and while learning from other’s missteps.

The site is inviting and informative, and just begs parents to go ahead and connect!

My goal is to not spend any money until next payday, which is a week from today. My last purchases were:

• $40 gas
• $35 grocery (because I had to have brown sugar ice cream)

If I hear the word “stimulus” one more time, I just may scream.

I can think of few things more devastating than being in danger of losing your family home. If your home is in danger of foreclosure, you need to explore all of your options, including the 2009 Loan Modification Guide: Saving Your Home From Foreclosure, a free guide featuring foreclosure advise and ways of saving your home.

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Remember, it’s up to you to do your research and save your home from foreclosure, so make sure you explore this, and other options.

I’ve been fielding a lot of emails this past week about how I got started blogging, how I came to make money blogging, and tips for blogging beginners. While I could talk all day about blogging, I realized that my biggest blogging tip, whether you want to make money blogging or not, is to stop using free blogging sites, and commit to website hosting.

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Ever since I switched to a reliable webhost, three years ago, my sites look how I want them to and my blogging revenue has significantly increased! Well worth the investment.