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    The 20-Degree Challenge

    Matt and I have been trying to use our air-conditioning and heat less often in order to be better on the environment and our wallet. The thing about living in Central Texas is that you can literally go from AC to heat (and back again) in the span of a week. Oddly enough, it’s not often the perfect temperature to have nothing on and the windows open. 
    Matt and I have been trying to stretch what feels right in our home but undertaking the “20-Degree Challenge.” We are trying not to turn on the air-conditioning until it gets hotter than 80-degrees in our house and trying not to turn on
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    Enroll Now: My Online Parenting Class

    Friends! I am ecstatic to announce that I have finally finished creating my online parenting class: Purposeful Parenthood!
    It’s a little embarrassing that it took me three years to finish, but
    it’s done! I am so eager to begin. The first course will start on Monday, January 11, 2016. Do you want to join us? You can register here.
    I’m so thankful that I had a little extra time this Thanksgiving to finally finish it. So much of the course was already done, but it was difficult to remember what I had already said. It was much harder to finish a course over three years than it
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    Spring Break Planning

    As I’ve mentioned, I’m a huge fan of the podcast Matrimoney. It’s all about how Kelsey and Chris (and their two young boys) structure their lives so that they can attain their lofty financial goals. I like it so much because I money is very interesting to me. I think it’s easy to be unintentional with your money and to spend your entire paycheck every month. I also think it’s possible to take that same paycheck and be intentional with it, such that you are able to set aside some of it for something bigger. And over time, a little bit each month can add up to a lot. 
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