Taking Storage Options to New Heights

Please welcome another guest author to My Happy Crazy Life: Kenneth McCall! Kenneth builds creative and innovative tools for customers seeking self storage units. Kenneth is managing partner at storage.com which provides storage units in Boston and in other locations across the country. In his spare time he likes to…

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Cross Country Moving

Jenna, one of our guest authors, offers some tips on moving across the country. Moving across the country can be an incredibly stressful time for a family. However, when it’s the best financial decision you can make, it’s a stress that you should be happy to take on your shoulders.…

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10 Things I’ve Learned from Elle

Elle has been in my life almost as long as Teacher has, since she and my “baby” brother Ike started dating shortly after Teacher and I were married. Over the years we’ve become more than friends; she’s the sister I never had. Ike and Elle moved their family to Wisconsin…

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Back to School: A Parents Guide

Please welcome a new guest author to My Happy Crazy Life, Wade Trace! Wade is a finance guru by weekday and marathon runner by weekend. He’s currently training for his first NYC Marathon experience, but will be sharing some great Back to School tips with us today. I don’t know…

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Apple Day – Part Two

  After what seemed like forever a nurse came into the room to tell us that Little Guy was out of surgery. Everything had gone well and he’d be back with us soon. She explained that they keep adults in post-op for about an hour but try to get children…

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Seven Back to School Shopping Tips

I hate to admit it, but fall is quickly approaching and that means back-to-school shopping. It’s not my favorite time of the year, but it’s inevitable when you’ve got kids. When I was a kid my parents hit back-to-school shopping with the “Full Frontal Assault”– buying new shoes, new clothes,…

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Getting Older – Thoughts and a Sweepstakes

When I was young I thought getting older was the worst thing in the world. Watching my great-grandparents, I thought getting older seemed to be about slowly losing everything – eyesight and hearing, mobility and coordination, income and possessions, health and memory – until there was nothing left to lose…

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