It's hard for me to imagine being married to someone for 45 years. But that's how long my parents will be married as of this Friday, June 29th.
My parents met in high school. I think they were around 14 or 15 at the time. They dated and broke up a few times. And, usually, mom's cousins were responsible for getting them back together. They'd invite some people over and make sure the only place for my dad to sit down was next to my mom. Funny story... dad broke up with mom once because...

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It all began when I was lucky enough to win the $50 prize for April in mycoupons coupons credits contest. I got the gift card mid-May and was just thrilled at the thought of some free gas + a little money toward groceries.
Saturday rolled around and my husband and I went out to do errands like we do every Saturday. First stop - the gas station. My husband put the gift card in the pump and it was declined. Well, I knew the money was there because I had just checked it online before we left....

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A long, long time ago, I used to do rewards programs. Freeride, MyPoints, Beanz, etc. Back when there were good programs that were really worth doing. Then it got to the point where you're lucky to get a few cents a day. I thought I'd just do more of them and it would still be worth it. It wasn't long until I figured out I was spending way too much time opening hundreds of emails for a few cents a day. I just knew there had to be something more.
A friend of mine told me about a forum...

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Judy's Grandmother and my Grandfather were brother and sister. That would make us distant cousins (once removed? twice removed? I've never quite figured all that out), but being from a very small town in West Viginia where all your neighbors were family and everyone was raised together, Judy and my mom were like sisters. So, she always seemed more like an aunt to me and we were always very close.
Judy never had the easiest life. She was happily married to Bob for about 12 years and they...

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