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	<description>An educational and motivational guide for exceptional young couples who crave financial independence but need help developing clear goals, eliminating debt, and achieving their dream of self-employment.</description>
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		<title>Creative income and sacrificing for what you want.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this world, there are many different types of people.  We all approach a difficult situation differently.  While one person might attack a problem with voracity, another might decide to shelf it until a solution presents itself, while still another person might decide that they aren&#8217;t capable of solving the situation, and either seek outside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/03/creative-income-and-sacrificing-for-what-you-want/</link>
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		<title>Get your audiobooks for free!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that some of you don&#8217;t do audiobooks, but for those of you that do, you know that newer release books cost quite a bit to download/purchase.  Well, this weekend, while trying to find the best price on an audiobook that Jerrill and I wanted to listen to, we stumbled across a great way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/03/get-your-audiobooks-for-free/</link>
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		<title>You might want to start saving for college BEFORE you have kids&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[College tuition is a very hot topic with most people.  Either you went to college and experienced the hefty cost, sent your child to college and experienced the hefty cost or decided not to go to college BECAUSE of the hefty cost.  What&#8217;s worse than the cost of tuition??  When the cost goes up almost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/03/you-might-want-to-start-saving-for-college-before-you-have-kids/</link>
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		<title>Spoiled children and silly parenting.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my best friends shared a story with me the other day that I felt compelled to share with our readers today.  She was at her salon, getting a haircut, when a mother came in with her 5 year old daughter for a manicure.  Big deal, you might say, until I tell you that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/03/spoiled-children-and-silly-parenting/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time to get creative!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard people say that &#8220;everyone is good at something&#8221;, and I believe that is true.  Everyone has something that they do well, and a lot of the time, that something can make you money!  So today,  I want you to create something (whatever you&#8217;re good at) and sell it!
So, what are you good at making?  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/03/its-time-to-get-creative/</link>
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		<title>Your bank and overdraft protection&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article, Banks use scare tactics to get you to sign up for overdraft protection, addresses the new bank overdraft &#8220;protection&#8221; law that basically says that you have to voluntarily sign up for the overdraft protection to let your bank keep processing your debit card transactions even after you run out of money.  As far as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/your-bank-and-overdraft-protection/</link>
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		<title>Some stars should keep their day jobs!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new show about to start on NBC called The Marriage Ref, and while I think it&#8217;s likely to be funny, I also think there will be people out there who take the advice offered by the celebrity guests as more serious and less entertainment.  Why shouldn&#8217;t they take it as real, valuable or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/some-stars-should-keep-their-day-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Saving on ATM fees!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ATM fees are one of those things that we all probably wish would fade away (except perhaps the owners of the banks), considering they usually run $2-$4 each time, possibly from each bank!  Luckily, there are a few ways to avoid these fees.
The first is the obvious choice: Use only your own bank&#8217;s ATMs.  Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/saving-on-atm-fees/</link>
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		<title>Why spending today costs more than you think&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again we look to Dan Miller and his 48 days blog (visit the links section of our website for more info on Dan Miller) for an interesting article.  Today&#8217;s article, Look rich-die broke was inspired by a sign in front of a car accessories shop in Florida that read: &#8220;Rent your wheels and tires here&#8221;.
Like furniture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/why-spending-today-costs-more-than-you-think/</link>
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		<title>Obsession with Hollywood not good for the pocketbook&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Personal confession: I love reading fashion magazines.  I like to see what trends are out there, to know what the best beauty tricks and products are etc.  Unfortunately, part of that world is the celebrity.  Magazines put them on their covers, they include their opinions on everything from decorating to politics (yes, because acting in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/obsession-with-hollywood-not-good-for-the-pocketbook/</link>
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		<title>Saving on auto insurance!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Premium prices on auto insurance are a killer.  Nobody enjoys paying more than they need to for insurance, so here are some ideas on ways to save some cash. 

Raising your deductible can save you plenty of money, if you are able to cover said deductible when and if you are in an accident.
Skip the collision [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/saving-on-auto-insurance/</link>
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		<title>Cars, cell phones and burgers&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While researching for today&#8217;s financial news post, I had a problem that I&#8217;m not sure has happened in the past.  I found TOO MANY good articles to write about!  Now, they&#8217;re not exactly hard hitting journalism, but they are all something our readers/consumers should be aware of, and so I&#8217;ve decided to share them all.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/cars-cell-phones-and-burgers/</link>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day tips and ideas&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much to the dismay of many men across the country, Valentine&#8217;s Day is this weekend and now is the time to start planning (earlier would have been good as well, but I&#8217;ll take what I can get).  So, say you want to do something for Valentine&#8217;s Day, but either can&#8217;t think of anything, or are on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/valentines-day-tips-and-ideas/</link>
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		<title>Fees and mirroring&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For most of us, fees are the type of bill that give us heartburn or headaches.  They stink!  And, if we&#8217;re actually paying attention to our bills, fees just irritate us to no end.  Especially when we see all the extra taxes on there lumped in with the fees, since we give Uncle Sam plenty out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/fees-and-mirroring/</link>
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		<title>Reality check for the amount you&#8217;re saving&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you think you&#8221;re saving enough?  If so, are you sure?
Today&#8217;s article, titled, How much should I save?by Donna Rosato, is an in depth look at an entrepreneur and her retirement portfolio.  The entrepreneur is hoping that a financial planner who looked at her portfolio will &#8220;bless it&#8221; and tell her good job.  Unfortunately, like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/reality-check-for-the-amount-youre-saving/</link>
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		<title>Today, we have a &#8220;guest speaker&#8221;&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, we have an article written by a friend and business associate.  It isn&#8217;t exactly in our normal scope of what we write about, but for those of you thinking of starting your own business so that you can earn extra income and get yourself out of debt, this is for you:
Small Business Tips, By [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/today-we-have-a-guest-speaker/</link>
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		<title>Taking on too much &amp; treating yourself&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so what happens when you decide that you want to lock down your finances, follow a budget and get out of debt.  We know that getting out of debt can be a boring and tiring experience, but you can take some precautions to guard against that. 
First of all, stick to your budget, but allow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/02/taking-on-too-much-treating-yourself/</link>
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		<title>Why handouts aren&#8217;t good in the long run&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new blog post by one of my favorite Authors/entrepreneurs, Dan Miller, caught my eye, and I thought it would be worth sharing.  The post, titled, When Helping Hurts focuses on some recent developments regarding our national unemployment program.
The government is looking into extending benefits in the unemployment program for the 5th (that&#8217;s right, I said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/why-handouts-arent-good-in-the-long-run/</link>
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		<title>What would you do for a Klondike Bar??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is your ultimate goal?  Your &#8220;Klondike Bar&#8221;, so to speak.  What would you do to accomplish that goal? 
No matter what your ultimate goal is, more than likely you need to plan for it!  Are you planning for this goal that you want to achieve?  Are you working toward it as I&#8217;m typing this?  If not, then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/what-would-you-do-for-a-klondike-bar/</link>
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		<title>No tip today&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have had a death in the family, and will not be posting a tip today.  Please check back Wednesday for a new post!  Thank you for reading!
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		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/no-tip-today/</link>
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		<title>Oh, the insanity!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when you think you&#8217;ve seen all the silly things you can on the Internet, you run across something that makes you CRACK UP LAUGHING!  Such it today&#8217;s article, 9 reasons to love credit cards, by Liz  Pulliam Weston.  As the title might indicate to you, our readers, I&#8217;m not a fan&#8230;and that&#8217;s putting it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/oh-the-insanity/</link>
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		<title>Why men should (but don&#8217;t) ask for directions&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jerrill had a very interesting point this week, and we wanted to share it with our readers.  It&#8217;s not that people don&#8217;t know this, at least at some level, it&#8217;s just that we either forget it, or don&#8217;t want to swallow our pride and undertake it&#8230;the &#8220;it&#8221;, is asking for directions.
There are very few people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/why-men-should-but-dont-ask-for-directions/</link>
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		<title>Other places to shop&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know, it always amazes me how many people shop &#8220;in a box&#8221;, and won&#8217;t step out of it for anything.  There are, much to the surprise or dismay of some, lots of places to shop other than the mall, outlet malls, strip malls and &#8220;boutiques&#8221;.    Consignment stores and the retail stores of charitable organizations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/other-places-to-shop/</link>
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		<title>They want to tax your junk food.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new article from WalletPop.com is discussing the good and bad things that could come from a tax on soda/junk food.  The article, titled Should we tax junk food to control obesity?, caught my attention right away. 
Now, one might think that this is a good plan, since the article sights some very compelling statistics, including the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/they-want-to-tax-your-junk-food/</link>
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		<title>Why the mall contradicts the experts&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I drive by our local mall often, and for the past several months, I&#8217;ve been watching it for signs of the recession, unemployment, and how bad the economy is suffering.  Now, as much as I believe that there are places all throughout the country that are truly suffering, with debt, falling home prices and unemployment, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/why-the-mall-contradicts-the-experts/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be afraid to say NO!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Mucho Moolah Money tip is probably more for our younger readers, but hopefully all of the readers will find some value in it!  I wanted to talk about saying no, canceling services and returning items.  I don&#8217;t know why, but for some reason, we have a negative stigma in this country about it!  This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/dont-be-afraid-to-say-no/</link>
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		<title>Married Couples pay more under new health bill!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article, from the Wall Street Journal, titled Married Couples Pay More Than Unmarried Under Health Bill, is obviously about the new health care bill.  Apparently, under the new bill, if a married couple doesn&#8217;t receive insurance from their employer, and instead chooses the public option, they will be out a lot more money than their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/married-couples-pay-more-under-new-health-bill/</link>
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		<title>Our State of the Union&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, your favorite southern couple had our bi-annual &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; or &#8220;budget committee meeting&#8221;.  Basically, a time when we sit down and review our budget and re-vamp any budgeted items that are receiving too much money or not enough money.  Now, we talk about our budget line items that affect us on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/our-state-of-the-union/</link>
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		<title>Stay away from the mall when&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re in a foul mood, you should avoid the mall or other retail establishment as much as possible.  A recent study by Harvard professor Jennifer Lerner discovered that people who shopped when they were depressed were more willing to spend money&#8230;up to 30% more than consumers who were in a better mood!
This shouldn&#8217;t surprise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/stay-away-from-the-mall-when/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year 2010!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year 2010!  Enjoy the day with your friends and family, or recover quickly!
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		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2010/01/happy-new-year-2010/</link>
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		<title>Get organized!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the end of the year&#8230;it&#8217;s time to get organized!  You need to look back at your bills throughout the year, your income and your other expenses&#8230;if you haven&#8217;t started your budget yet, now is the time!  Make it a resolution to get your life under control and to get out of debt!  Get mad!  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/get-organized/</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re on vacation, but&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I still wanted to give a tip for this Monday.  If you&#8217;ve been heading out for the after Christmas sales, remember that it&#8217;s not a sale if you didn&#8217;t need the item in the first place!  Already bought something you don&#8217;t need?  It will be a lesson in being a grown up to take it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/were-on-vacation-but/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas 2009!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas.  Go spend time with your family, as we will be having family time as well.
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		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas-2009/</link>
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		<title>Some food for thought!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I just wanted to share a few insights that I ran across while researching other topics for this past Friday.  Since we are heading into Christmas and millions of us will be going home for the holiday, I thought it a good idea for us to be reflective and introspective&#8230;now is as good a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/some-food-for-thought/</link>
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		<title>You shouldn&#8217;t always pick it up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Mucho Moolah tip is simple but effective: Look, but don&#8217;t touch!  All too often, when we go shopping, even if we tell ourselves that we&#8217;re only window shopping (a difficult task for most people), we still end up buying things.  Why is that?  Well, it&#8217;s because when we look at things, we want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/you-shouldnt-always-pick-it-up/</link>
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		<title>Gen Y-ers grow up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is from Foxbusiness.com, and is titled Growing Up Financially Is Hard to Do by: Gail Buckner.  It&#8217;s some interesting commentary on how the Gen Y-ers are responding to the recent economic turmoil!
Generation Y is a term applied to those people currently 22 to 33 years old, of which, I am a member.  These people are typically the offspring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/gen-y-ers-grow-up/</link>
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		<title>Handmade gifts!  There&#8217;s still time to make something for your loved ones!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that in some parts of the country, a handmade gift is the last thing anybody wants to receive, but for most of us, it&#8217;s still a very thoughtful and kind way to show you care during the holidays!  No, it&#8217;s not a $200 bottle of wine or $500 shoes etc., but it fits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/handmade-gifts-theres-still-time-to-make-something-for-your-loved-ones/</link>
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		<title>Stop enabling your grown children!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is estimated that Baby-Boomers provide $59,000 in monetary help to their grown children over a typical 5 year period.  If you&#8217;re a Boomer, you want a money saving tip?  Stop enabling your children by supplementing their income and either cut them off completely or cut your &#8220;gifts&#8221; down by 75%-85%! 
This is one of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/stop-enabling-your-grown-children/</link>
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		<title>A new twist on &#8220;Find a need and fill it!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is based on a post by one of our favorite bloggers here at Southern Couple&#8217;s Guide, Dan Miller, author of 48 Days To The Work You Love.  The post is titled Find a Need and Fill it?, an old business motto that has been helping people find ways to become entrepreneurs and make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/a-new-twist-on-find-a-need-and-fill-it/</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;ve used it for swimming!  The buddy system gets an update!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I wanted to talk about a great way to help control your spending (or over-spending).  A method of checks and balances, so to speak.  The buddy system!  You remember the buddy system.  Perhaps you used it at the swimming pool or when going to a public restroom as a child, or perhaps you used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/youve-used-it-for-swimming-the-buddy-system-gets-an-update/</link>
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		<title>Extra money for the holidays&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season is well under way, and now is the time to make some extra cash for those last minute Christmas gifts!  The usual way of making extra money is to get a seasonal job at a retail store, but more often than not these jobs come with the problem of being guaranteed to work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/extra-money-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<title>Debit card fees may be the wave of the future&#8230;bummer.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is Banks&#8217; newest game: Debit card fees, by David Ellis. It centers on the new trend in the banking area to institute loyalty program fees or other debit card fees. Basically, the banks are hesitant to lend money, thanks to all the problems that have resulted from over lending to high risk borrowers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/debit-card-fees-may-be-the-wave-of-the-future-bummer/</link>
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		<title>Why forgiveness is important.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As some of you might remember, a few months ago I wrote the post YOU are an emotional piggy bank, where I talked about your emotional piggy bank, and how it should be filled by emotional boosts and not emotional drains.  Some of you might be tempted to think that that post and today&#8217;s post conflict, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/12/why-forgiveness-is-important/</link>
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		<title>Save money over time&#8230;you hate that printer anyway, don&#8217;t you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like many of you, I am not a fan of the printer industry.  They charge us for their printers, and then, like pouring salt in the wound, they charge us ridiculous amounts of money for the ink to make them work!  Personally, I have switched to a laser printer, which was reasonably priced, even if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/save-money-over-time-you-hate-that-printer-anyway-dont-you/</link>
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		<title>Self esteem and faking success.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m not using an article, I&#8217;m using a blog post from a man I respect very much&#8230;Dan Miller.  The post is titled Fake Success?, and it centers on a man who went to his high school reunion pretending to be a Naval Officer&#8230;bad news for him, because one of his former classmates IS a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/self-esteem-and-faking-success/</link>
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		<title>Ask for samples!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Monday, your favorite southern couple is about to take you to an all new level of frugality&#8230;the sample!  You might think that to have nice things you have to spend a lot of money&#8230;well, I beg to differ!  You can have lots of nice things, get to do fun things and get to try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/ask-for-samples/</link>
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		<title>Good news! Your turkey is cheaper this year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is called It&#8217;s all gravy: Cost of Thanksgiving meal sees biggest drop since 2000, by Jonathan Berr.  I am happy to share that according to this article, the average cost for a Thanksgiving meal for 10 people dropped $1.70 this year.  Now, I know that you&#8217;re saying to yourself, so what, right?  Because it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/good-news-your-turkey-is-cheaper-this-year/</link>
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		<title>Keeping you on the ball, the hard way!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and, of course, the day after that is black Friday.  Irregardless of your opinions of the day, chances are, you, or someone in your family will be out shopping that day.  The energy of the crowd, the music, the upbeat (if they&#8217;re any good) sales clerks&#8230;all of these things will put you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/keeping-you-on-the-ball-the-hard-way/</link>
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		<title>Good things come from carrying her purse!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, your favorite southern couple went out with some friends Saturday night to one of our favorite local Cajun joints.  The food, and company, was, as always, fantastic.  After a couple hours of eating and gabbing, we decided to come back to our place for games and more laughs.  As we were leaving, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/good-things-come-from-carrying-her-purse/</link>
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		<title>Goofy, but good for making a little cash!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I am providing you with the information to get paid for doing very little, by turning you car into a moving advertisement!  I know this sounds silly and too good to be true, but after a little research, I think there are a few places you can go to do it responsibly on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/goofy-but-good-for-making-a-little-cash/</link>
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		<title>More about the recession.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is Earth to economists: Recession isn&#8217;t over, by Carla Fried.  It&#8217;s an interesting look at the divide between the people who believe the recession is over, and those that think we&#8217;re still in it for a while.
Conflicting information is what the author cites as a problem.  An advanced estimate of the annualized 3rd [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/more-about-the-recession/</link>
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		<title>Lay-a-way&#8230;It&#8217;s back!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a very long time, I didn&#8217;t hear anything about lay-a-way.  The stores I visited didn&#8217;t seem to offer it, and the commercials on T.V. didn&#8217;t suggest it as a shopping method.  That has changed recently, and I am quite happy about it!
You see, it&#8217;s become part of our culture to shop-shop-shop.  Retail therapy, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/lay-a-way-its-back/</link>
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		<title>Borrow it!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I wanted to talk about a way to save money and get things done at the same time.  We all know that the holidays are fast approaching, and that means family visits, decorations, presents, donations, gelt etc., and that means a lot of money to be spent.  So, what do you do when you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/borrow-it/</link>
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		<title>Signs point to inflation, but is it happening?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is Where did inflation go? by: Joe Light.  The story is basically that the government now has $2.2 TRILLION dollars in assets, and, as most of us already know, they have given a bunch of money to the banks.  What that means is that the banks have money to lend now, which usually leads [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/signs-point-to-inflation-but-is-it-happening/</link>
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		<title>Sick and tired of being sick and tired&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I know most of you are wondering where I was on Monday, and the truth is, I was laying on the couch with a fever, coughing my head off and blowing my nose enough so that, today, I could give Rudolph a run for his money.  I&#8217;m still sick, so today&#8217;s post will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/11/sick-and-tired-of-being-sick-and-tired/</link>
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		<title>Newest bank fee is for paying off your credit card on time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Friday Financial News focuses on a very interesting article, brought to my attention by a friend of mine, Nicole Maxwell (a local Realtor listed under our links section on the website).  It&#8217;s an article from USA Today, titled Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every month by: Sandra Block. 
The article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/newest-bank-fee-is-for-paying-off-your-credit-card-on-time/</link>
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		<title>Halloween Safety Tips!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Halloween is this Saturday, and since I think it is a wonderful holiday for you/your children to participate in, I wanted to share some safety tips in this post!
Tips for child Halloween activities:

Pick out or make a costume that will be safe. Make it flame retardant, and the eye holes should be large enough for good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/halloween-safety-tips/</link>
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		<title>Twitter for deals!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While doing some research for Mucho Moolah topics, I ran across this topic and thought I&#8217;d pass it on.   A new trend has started to emerge on Twitter these days (when is there not a new trend on Twitter), where if you want to get discounts on things, you just need to follow certain twitterers!  Follow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/twitter-for-deals/</link>
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		<title>The dangerous reverse mortgage.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of talk these days about reverse mortgages, and whether or not they are a good idea.  While I think they are dangerous, I think the real danger is in people not knowing what they are and getting involved with these mortgages anyway.  It&#8217;s my opinion that you should never sign your name [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/the-dangerous-reverse-mortgage/</link>
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		<title>Up close and personal&#8230;what&#8217;s happening in retail as the holiday season starts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, since I had a couple of things to pick up, and it was the start of our Christmas shopping, your favorite southern couple went to the mall .  While we were out, we decided to do a little economic research that we are now going to share with you.  I won&#8217;t be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/up-close-and-personal-whats-happening-in-retail-as-the-holiday-season-starts/</link>
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		<title>Need some extra holiday cash? Try selling your old stuff on Ebay!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Mucho Moolah tip is a way to make money by selling your old stuff on Ebay!  Many of you have heard about Ebay, and would like to try selling stuff on there, but you aren&#8217;t sure how, or you&#8217;re afraid you will do something wrong.  Don&#8217;t be scared!  It&#8217;s only hard if you don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/need-some-extra-holiday-cash-try-selling-your-old-stuff-on-ebay/</link>
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		<title>Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s 10,000 hour rule!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is based on a blog post by Dan Miller, author of 48 Days to the Work You Love.  On October 12th, he wrote about a chapter in the new book Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, called the 10,000 hours rule.  Are you intrigued? You should be!  Find the original blog post here.
Basically, the jist [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/malcolm-gladwells-10000-hour-rule/</link>
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		<title>Show your appreciation!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that when you&#8217;re in a relationship, sometimes it&#8217;s hard to remember all of the little things you&#8217;re supposed to do for your partner.  I know that we get busy, with children and jobs and PTA and social functions etc., but when you&#8217;re in a relationship, you need to remember to show appreciation to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/show-your-appreciation/</link>
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		<title>3 tips to save on childcare, medicine and pet care!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s tips revolve around 3 areas of life that most of us would be happy to find a way to cut costs, no matter what our age or socioeconomic status is: childcare, medicine and pet care!
A great way to save money on childcare is to make friends with another family who has a child and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/3-tips-to-save-on-childcare-medicine-and-pet-care/</link>
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		<title>Being single also means being more likely to be without a job!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article, No spouse, no job: Unemployment hits singles hard, by George Mannes is an interesting look at some statistics that have come out recently regarding unemployment. 
The numbers for unemployment in September show that it rose to 9.8%, and that it might hit 10% in the near future.  But as bad as the overall unemployment rate is, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/being-single-also-means-being-more-likely-to-be-without-a-job/</link>
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		<title>October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!  Free screenings for you or someone else!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  For me, it&#8217;s personal.  My mother, who is the greatest woman I&#8217;ve ever known, was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2006.  I am not exaggerating when I say that I was scared out of my mind.  In truth, it probably didn&#8217;t help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/october-is-breast-cancer-awareness-month-free-screenings-for-you-or-someone-else/</link>
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		<title>Dry cleaning and seasonal shopping&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s money saving tips are something most of us know and usually forget!  Today, I&#8217;m telling you to cut back (drastically) on your dry cleaning and to shop seasonally!
According to the care tags on a lot of clothing (or household items), you should be dry cleaning most of what you own.  Well, I beg to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/dry-cleaning-and-seasonal-shopping/</link>
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		<title>Terms to keep up with the recession talk at the water cooler!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is Recession Lingo by Laurie Frankel.  I thought this would be an appropriate article to write about because many of us don&#8217;t keep up wit the latest news, and are, on occasion, confused by the terminology that develops.  This article, specifically, is about the terminology surrounding the recession.
I will give a brief definition here, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/10/terms-to-keep-up-with-the-recession-talk-at-the-water-cooler/</link>
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		<title>Keep your priorities in order&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last few years, people have gotten more and more interested in the lives of celebrities.  They want to know all about them, and this fascination with them, in my opinion, is destructive. 
Celebrities look like they lead a very glamorous life.  They have fancy clothes, nice cars and a whole host of other very expensive possessions.  They look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/472/</link>
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		<title>Ways to shop online and save some cash!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While having dinner with some friends a couple of weeks ago, we were discussing money saving tricks (some of our friends are just as frugal, if not more so, than we are), and one of them shared a trick I hadn&#8217;t heard of, so today, I am sharing it with you!  There are &#8220;money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/ways-to-shop-online-and-save-some-cash/</link>
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		<title>Do you need to &#8220;baby-proof&#8221; your finances?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is titled Baby-proofing the family finances by: Yuval Rosenberg.  For me (and I suspect for many of you), it&#8217;s a very relevant topic right now.  Since Jerrill and I are trying to start a family, we are in a whole new planning phase of our lives as well, and while I think this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/do-you-need-to-baby-proof-your-finances/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s officially autumn! Are you getting ready for the holidays?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, this might come as a big shock to some of you, but December 25th is only 3 months away!  I know, it&#8217;s surprising, but Christmas (or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa) comes around the same time every year, and many of you are, as usual, caught off guard!  This, frankly, blows my mind.  Every year, as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/are-you-getting-ready-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<title>Why not try babysitting again?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s tip is making money by babysitting!  Sure, you haven&#8217;t done it since you were 15, and you might not want think that it screams &#8220;adult job&#8221;, but it&#8217;s a great way to make extra money as a side job!  The only problem you might have is that you will have to compete against 15 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/why-not-try-babysitting-again/</link>
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		<title>Why outlet malls part us from our money so easily&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is called Are outlet malls for suckers? By: MP Dunleavey.  As you might&#8217;ve guessed, I am ecstatic that this article was written, that my friend Jodi shared it with me (thank you, Jodi) and that I get to share it/my opinions with you.
This article is a good look into outlet malls, outlet or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/why-outlet-malls-part-us-from-our-money-so-easily/</link>
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		<title>What to do when staying in&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am loving the idea of staying in right now.  It&#8217;s such a great way to have a leisurely day/night or be productive!   Skipping the mall, or the movies, or any other number of places that you can go to and spend your money is such a good idea, and although I know that some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/what-to-do-when-staying-in/</link>
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		<title>Save money and have fun with a &#8220;potluck picnic&#8221;!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that we&#8217;re getting close to the end of summer, but today&#8217;s tip can be used through the early part of fall, and revisited again in the spring.  Today&#8217;s Mucho Moolah tip is to have a &#8220;potluck picnic&#8221; with your friends!
Pick a park in an easily accessible location and invite a few friends to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/save-money-and-have-fun-with-a-potluck-picnic/</link>
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		<title>Credit card satisfaction hits all-time low&#8230;no surprise there!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is Credit card satisfaction hits new low by: Carla Fried.  It talks about the new numbers that came out regarding how consumers are feeling about the credit card companies and their service etc. 

A recent report from J.D. Power has shown that overall, customers are not showing the love to credit card companies in 2009.  As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/credit-card-satisfaction-hits-all-time-low-no-surprise-there/</link>
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		<title>How men and women see money&#8230; differently.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I find it interesting not only in our marriage, but in the relationships of friends, families and other acquaintances how men and women handle money.  Or rather, how we handle it differently.  There are so many differences that men and women make between what&#8217;s important when spending and saving it&#8217;s amazing we actually get it right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/how-men-and-women-see-money-differently/</link>
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		<title>Amusement Park Money Saving Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s usually Labor Day that most of us start to think of the summer as winding down.  We start to look toward the fall, and the good times of the summer start to become just another happy memory.  Luckily, for the majority of us, the weather doesn&#8217;t actually get cold for a couple more months!  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/amusement-park-money-saving-tips/</link>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Financial News! What are our children worth?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s article is Assessing the net value of children, by Ben Stein.   It&#8217;s a very interesting look into what it meant to have children long ago, and what it means today.  
In the past, children were a wonderful help to their parents.  They were an extra hunter, an extra pair of hands to help with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/fridays-financial-news-what-are-our-children-worth/</link>
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		<title>Way out weddings get brought back down to Earth&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While reading an issue of Glamour Magazine (July 2009) on vacation, i ran across an article that I knew I had to write about.  It was an editorial all about extravagant weddings,  and how they are falling out of favor.  I know most of you can guess that I was positively elated to read this. 
While [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/09/way-out-weddings-get-brought-back-down-to-earth/</link>
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		<title>Mucho Moolah! Monday&#8217;s Money Saving Tips&#8230;Vacation Savings&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, your favorite southern couple has made it back safely from the beach, a little more relaxed thankfully.   Today&#8217;s money saving trip, therefore, is inspired by our recent travels, with the hope of saving you a little cash on your next vacation!
The first little tidbit that I want to share I am postive most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/mucho-moolah-mondays-money-saving-tips-vacation-savings/</link>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Financial News&#8230;Saving money on your cell phone plan!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is How to Save on Cell Phone Plans, by Lindsay Funston.   It gives advice on saving on your cell phone plan, based on a few questions to which you answer yes or no.  Jerrill and I have had to review our own cell phone plans lately, what with everyone texting like crazy.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/fridays-financial-news-saving-money-on-your-cell-phone-plan/</link>
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		<title>Everybody Loves A Good Clips Episode&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I wanted to revisit some of my previous posts that I find to be worth repeating, because when it comes to money and relationships, lessons need to be reinforced.  It&#8217;s the best way to stay focused!  Below, you will find links to some of our previous and a description.  We hope they keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/everybody-loves-a-good-clips-episode/</link>
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		<title>Mucho Moolah! Monday&#8217;s Money Saving Tips&#8230; Buying furniture!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buying furniture is one of my least favorite tasks in the world. Not only are the salespeople pushy (usually), but they don&#8217;t want to bargain with you and the quality of the furniture usually leaves something to be desired, unless you are spending a fortune. Now, when I go to buy furniture, I always do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/mucho-moolah-mondays-money-saving-tips-10/</link>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Financial News&#8230;Great Way To Save On Gas&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I found a great website called GasBuddy.com.  This website is awesome for those of us who are trying to save a little cash!  From the main page, you enter your location in the field provided and it kicks back a list of places in your area that have the some of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/fridays-financial-news-great-way-to-save-on-gas/</link>
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		<title>Today We Talk About Health Care, And How You Can Save Money!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so today I wanted to talk about health care.  Not the proposed changes in Congress right now.  I want to talk about a website that I found that can help you save money, which helps us all, no matter what side of health care reform you fall on. 
This website, called Healthcare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/today-we-talk-about-health-care-and-how-you-can-save-money/</link>
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		<title>Mucho Moolah! Monday&#8217;s Money Saving Tips&#8230;It&#8217;s all about the trade, baby!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s tip is in regard to a recent phenomenon taking hold again in our wonderful nation&#8230;Bartering.  
I don&#8217;t know where the craze started to get big, but I imagine it started because of job losses and the economy slowing down.  People need or want things and services, and bartering is a great way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/mucho-moolah-mondays-money-saving-tips-its-all-about-the-trade-baby/</link>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Financial News&#8230;Don&#8217;t Forget Frugality&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is Is the new frugality fading? Posted by Donna Rosato, and frankly, I&#8217;ve been worried about this for a while.  Now that the &#8220;new&#8221; has worn off of the economic recession, people have apparently started loosening the purse strings&#8230;this is a big mistake! 
First let me say that you should keep in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/fridays-financial-news-dont-forget-frugality/</link>
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		<title>Why Staying United Can Strengthen Your Marriage&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Honestly, I don&#8217;t understand where the breakdown happens in relationships.  I mean, you got together because you loved each other (at least in theory) and worked well together.  So why then, do people not stay connected and united as time goes by in their relationship/marriage?  I don&#8217;t know the answer, but I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/why-staying-united-can-strengthen-your-marriage/</link>
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		<title>Mucho Moolah! Monday&#8217;s Money MAKING tip!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the summer starts to wind to an end, many of you might have noticed that your cash flow has dropped off, thanks to over spending at the beginning of the summer.  Today, I wanted to remind you that there are a couple of good ways to make some extra money in the summer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/mucho-moolah-mondays-money-making-tip-3/</link>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Financial News&#8230;Why Covering Mom &amp; Dad&#8217;s Bills Can Get Sticky&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is When siblings split the bills By Jeanne Fleming, Ph.D., and Leonard Schwarz. It addresses another of those unforeseen consequences from the economic downturn&#8230;elderly parents whose retirement savings evaporated when the economy tanked.  
The question posed to the authors centers around 3 sisters, whose parents are elderly and have lost most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/fridays-financial-news-why-covering-mom-dads-bills-can-get-sticky/</link>
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		<title>Can You Plan Spontaneity??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, this past week, while having a discussion, Jerrill and I realized that we were missing something in our relationship, that we had when we got together- spontaneity!  We talked about how things used to be, and how much we missed it.  I think it&#8217;s a side effect of budgeting everything, since the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/can-you-plan-spontaneity/</link>
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		<title>Mucho Moolah! Monday&#8217;s Money Saving Tips&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s money saving tip is a great way to save A LOT of money!  Today&#8217;s tip is to use online movie rental websites, or the movie rental boxes outside other retail spaces, as opposed to renting from a DVD rental store. 
Recently, Jerrill and I went to a local DVD rental store to rent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/08/mucho-moolah-mondays-money-saving-tips-9/</link>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Financial News&#8230;Any pay raise is better than none at all&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is The upside of your tiny pay raise Posted by Joe Light.  It brings to light a very good point regarding a side of the recession NOT being talked about very much: The people who still have a job.  
This article discusses the pay raise range going on in the economy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/07/fridays-financial-news-any-pay-raise-is-better-than-none-at-all/</link>
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		<title>When it comes to social media, you need to keep your private life private</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now, I hate to be a &#8220;Debbie Downer&#8221; when it comes to social media, but if you have an account on one or more of these websites, you know you put A LOT of personal information on there.  You typically only put that info on there for yourself and your friends, but on occasion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/07/when-it-comes-to-social-media-you-need-to-keep-your-private-life-private/</link>
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		<title>Mucho Moolah! Monday&#8217;s Money Saving Tips&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While thinking on what today&#8217;s post should be, I went looking through my notes and found a tip that I thought I had already covered.  I was surprised.  I looked back at my previous posts and realized that indeed, I had not written about it yet.  This was shocking to me because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/07/mucho-moolah-mondays-money-saving-tips-8/</link>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Financial News&#8230;A week without spending money!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s article is absolutely engaging. Entitled Embrace Your Inner Cheapskate, the author, Steve Almond challenges himself to go an entire week without spending any money! Let&#8217;s just say he&#8217;s lucky his daughter isn&#8217;t bald, since he told his hairdresser he wasn&#8217;t paying that day! 
As you can imagine, this did not work out the way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/07/fridays-financial-news-a-week-without-spending-money/</link>
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		<title>Why investing in a home is a MYTH&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some reason, up until recently Americans have believed that their homes are the ultimate investment. Pair that belief with the instant gratification and conspicuous consumption attitude that has been prevalent in our society and you run into trouble. Your home is not an investment&#8230;at least not the way you think it is. It is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/07/why-investing-in-a-home-is-a-myth/</link>
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		<title>Mucho Moolah! Monday&#8217;s Money Saving Tips! Insurance Tips&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I wanted to talk about auto insurance. A lot of the time, people treat their auto insurance like a payment plan, and have the deductible as low as they can get it. This is not how auto insurance is supposed to be used. 
Simply put, auto insurance companies work by taking a little money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lovemorelivebetter.com/blog/2009/07/mucho-moolah-mondays-money-saving-tips-insurance-tips/</link>
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