Flying with a Baby: My Six Tips


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How to Fly with a Baby

Flying with a baby is a really terrible idea. However, staying cooped up in your home until said baby is completely well-behaved and predictable isn’t exactly an option either. Unless you’re a recluse and prefer that kind of thing. But really, you need to get out. Pronto. And so, despite…

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OFB Baby Update: Seven Months


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Baby Bucks

In the Baby Bucks series, we babble about babies and money and sleep deprivation and cuteness overload. In that order. Seven months is the magic number. Our baby girl is so much fun right now! Every month has had its struggles, but month seven has been pure bliss. Our girl…

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OFB 50 States Project: Maryland


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OFB 50 States Project: Maryland

In The OFB 50 States Project, you the readers spill the beans about your state: the good, the bad, and the delicious. And thus provide “forever place” seekers (like yours truly) a useful resource in their search. We’d love to hear about your state! To be a part of this project, click here to…

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Saving Money’s in My DNA


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So I’m really bad at science, which is unfortunate because I really love it. In college I had aspirations of being a sports medicine doctor, but then my science-turns-brain-to-mush reaction got in the way, and I settled for English instead. But recently I let science back into my life in…

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