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Work From Home Ideas Without Upfront Costs
Right now, everyone is looking for more work, but nobody really wants to go to work. Zoom and Skype have opened up plenty of work-from-home positions, and offices are looking beyond their city limits to find qualified employees. This is great news for people looking...

How Traffic Secrets Can Boost Your Business
I've been my own boss for a few years now, and while I've come a long way, it hasn't been a linear process. Trial and error, studying, long nights working and more books than I can count went into building my business. While I've worked with different mentors, I wish...

Keeping the Christmas Card Tradition Alive
As a child, I always remember my grandmother getting Christmas cards, usually starting the first week of December. She’d place them all over the huge bay window along with her decorations and I’d marvel at them as they accumulated. My other grandmother had her piano...

Preparing Your Child for Preschool Graduation
Preschool graduation is one of those things that some think to be silly - "Oh it's just preschool!" they'll say. And I can't help but question if they've ever had preschoolers, because let me tell you - the friendships they form at 4 or 5 years old are some of the...

Standardized Testing Needs to Go
I’m so over standardized testing. Maybe not as over it as my Kindergartner and 1st grader, but close! Given this past year’s health crisis, my children are still both learning remotely. Most days are actually pretty okay. And I recognize a large part of that is not...

Hiring a Doula as an Act of Self Care
Self-care. We hear so much talk about how important it is to practice self-care. But what do you see when I say self-care? If you take one scroll down social media or Google it, you’d likely get the idea that self-care is all about the massages, baths, lotions, and...
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Amber Temerity Lozzi
Founder of ThriftyGuardian.com, Amber is a money wise mama looking to help other parents lead rich lives.
She lives in Springfield, IL with her two kids, husband, and more pets than she cares to admit to.
She also works as an online business strategist at AmberLozzi.com.