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We Aren’t Fixer Upper: Tales from Our Home Renovation

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]’ve been married for almost 14 years. In that time, we have owned four homes, each one with varying degrees of Fixer-Upperness. There was the first one, which needed a few coats of paint that we did ourselves to much self-approbation. We hired someone to replace the shower, added a closet system and wainscoting to the hall bathroom. Look at us! So cute with our tiny little…

2016 New Year's Resolutions Bekah probably won't keep

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] accidentally started a tradition at the end of 2012 and posted my IRL new Year’s resolutions HERE on That’s Normal. Confession: I am not really a New Years Resolution maker. So the only reason I started this tradition in the first place was that I had nothing else to write about. So I forced some resolutions and by the time 2013 came to a close I realized I had accomplished…

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]omewhere between middle school and five seconds after graduating from college, I figured out that lots of people spend their money very differently than I choose to. The longer I live, the more I: Wish more stuff was free. Am fascinated by what cheap  frugal people do open their purse strings for. Wonder if some of my friends/neighbors are pulling off insider trading to…

Time for a TN IRL: What's My Age Again?

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hile many people were celebrating the Resurrection, hiding Easter eggs (or finding, but whatever, don’t judge), or eating their weight of ham/roast beef/ambrosia salad that you pretend to find disgusting but your heart leapt because your Mom remembered, my family was doing all of it and then some more: we celebrated the 35th anniversary of my birth.

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That’s right. My…