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Coping With Emergencies

Note from Nicole: I’ve asked a couple of my favorite bloggers to guest post while I’m gone to keep my blog going for a few days. Right after sending out an email to my blogger friends about my wrist, Sean was admitted into the hospital. He had ’emergency’ surgery and is doing fine but he’ll be in the hospital for a little while. Because people have stepped in to help, Breaking Even has kept going and I’ve spent the time in the hopsital with Sean without giving the blog a second thought. Thanks for continuing to read. I’ll be back soon.

I’m Kelly and I write Almost Frugal, a blog about frugality and personal finance in France. Nicole and I found each other through the French speaking community (although we’re both Americans) and I’m happy to be guest posting for her, although not for why she needs a guest post!

Life has a way of throwing curve balls at you, doesn’t it? One day you’re trucking along nicely, minding your own business and the next day BOOM. Your car dies, or your basement floods, or your wrist starts hurting after too much time spent pecking at the keyboard.

We’ve all heard the expression “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade” and it sounds kind of trite to be sure. But if you think about it, successfully coping with an emergency does depend on making a pitcher of ice-cold lemonade instead of complaining (ahem) bitterly about the bushel of lemons that just fell into your lap. Here are three rules that can help you get over the hump.

How To Give Sexy Campaign Contributions

The following is a guest post from J. at Budgets are Sexy. He’s a funny guy, the kind you even want to be internet friends with. Check out his blog or better yet, subscribe so you don’t miss a single post.

Man, thank goodness I didn’t shell out those 10G’s I was planning on sending to Obama! haha …. j/k of course. But seriously, i had no idea you couldn’t write them off. I bet you used to be able to, but like always, someone (or a bunch of someones) ruined it for all of us.

It’s surely not the end of the world, and def. shouldn’t be one of the top reasons to donate to a cause, but it did get me thinking. Esp. considering i was just about to donate for the first time ever to a campaign! (can you guess whose?) I would have just slapped it right into my “contributions” folder at home, an added it to next year’s tax #’s.

A Wrist Update: The Part-Time Bionic Woman

So I've been following up on my wrist because I certainly wasn't going to continue to feel as badly as I did on Monday. A few things I learned that could maybe help you if you have an injury like this (a bizarre one that springs up out of "nowhere"): 1) Call you...

Nine Things You Can Do for Your Health That Cost Less Than $1

This was originally a guest post on a fabulous personal finance blog: www.beingfrugal.net. Check it out! (I''m MIA because I'm taking my own advice, tip #8 that is!) 1. Take a walk, even for five minutes. Five to ten minutes of walking will help your health. (from the...

Too Cute Tuesday: Backyard Water Feature

Download waterfeature.mp3 My apologies for you having to download this audio, folks. I love Typepad but for some things (like audio) it can be quite the little hassle. Anyway, this is Too Cute Tuesday with a special audio version. Since I am in no condition to craft...

Blogging Related Injuries

So most of you by now know I have a newspaper job full time, I do some writing part time for other people, and I maintain this blog. I probably spend about ten hours a day typing on average. (Though I do make myself do something outside everyday too to balance this...

Book Review: A Million Bucks By Thirty

I entered a contest to win the book "A Million Bucks By Thirty" a few weeks ago. When I didn't win (and had totally forgotten about it), the author of the book contacted me, asking if I'd like a copy to review. Free books? I'm down with that! This is the second book...

Making Money On The Side: Body Shop At Home Consultant

My friend Jessica wanted to host a make-up party but was worried her apartment was too small to have ten women over. My old house was like this and before I even thought about it, I said, "Well, you can have it at my house!" (Technically Sean's house that I live in...

Shameless Promotion and The Periodic Table

Remember the periodic table? I sure do! A few years ago, in what feels like a complete other life, I taught high school chemistry. That's right. I didn't follow through (at least not yet) in a teaching career for a few reasons. 1) I was young at the time and...

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