Daily Archives: November 12, 2007

Maintenance Monday: Getting all Steamed Up

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 12, 2007
I am of the “qual­ity, not quan­tity” phi­los­o­phy. But qual­ity will only get you so far; proper main­te­nance of your pos­ses­sions is a very impor­tant com­po­nent to get­ting the most value out of the qual­ity prod­ucts you buy. I’m start­ing a new weekly “col­umn” of sorts where I’ll share a main­tance tip that [...]
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Day 71: No Spend Day!

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 12, 2007
The Son is still sick and The Hus­band was able to pick up The Daugh­ter from prac­tice so I stayed home all day and didn’t spend a penny! Of course, I’ll make up for it tomor­row
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Reaching Out to my Readers for Advice

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 12, 2007
I got such great feed­back on my bas­ket­ball shoe dilemma that I’m turn­ing to my read­ers with another puzzle. The Son takes weekly cello lessons. His teacher is a young man who recently com­pleted his grad­u­ate degree in music per­for­mance. He’s ter­rific — not just in gen­eral as a music teacher but also in that he’s [...]
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Why I Don’t Require My Children to Tithe or Make Offerings

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 12, 2007
Based on what I’ve read in arti­cles and books about chil­dren and allowance, encour­ag­ing and/or requir­ing one’s child to set aside a por­tion of their allowance for char­ity or tithing is a com­mon prac­tice. I make no judge­ment on this prac­tice. I respect each parent’s right to choose how to teach their chil­dren how to [...]
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