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Rita Arens authors Surrender, Dorothy and is the editor of Sleep Is for the Weak. She's BlogHer.com's assignment and syndication editor.

 
 

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Tracey Solomon is Changing How We Buy Our Basic Needs

Tracey Solomon, Co-founder of HoseAnna.com

Tracey Solomon is the co-founder and co-president of Hoseanna.com, a popular automated delivery service of all of life's messy necessities (pantyhose, razors, tampons, and the like). Formerly a successful business consultant and a brand strategy engagement leader, Solomon made the leap to e-commerce in 2010 with co-founder Katrina Carroll-Foster, and hasn't looked back.  Read more >

Money Matters: Making a Little House Work With a Big Family

Laura Ingalls House

My dad is the oldest of four kids who grew up in a two-bedroom farmhouse in Iowa. (I think there were more bedrooms back then.) (I have no idea where they put them. This was not a big house.) I'm sure they were positively on top of each other. I was interested in Karla's recent post on their life with four kids in a two-bedroom, supposed-to-be-a-flip house. She writes of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Laura made it sound so sweet and wonderful. I don’t recall a single argument or shouting match being mentioned.  Read more

How To ~ Recover A Chair

Recover a Chair

One of the easiest ways to update the look of a room is with the addition of new furniture.One of the most expensive ways to update the look of a room is with the addition of new furniture.  Read more >

A Tip to the Graduating Class of 2012

Graduates and Debt

It was the start of my first semester in college and I was being led by my friend into my University's on-campus bank to apply for a credit card.  "You'll find that you can't live without it.  It's soooo convenient.  It's better than having cash!" she excitedly exclaimed.  Read more >