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Favorite Things Friday: Our New Kitchen Island, Swim Lessons, and more!

Happy Favorite Things Friday, Friends! It’s been a sunny winter week here at White Cottage Farm. I have been craving some vitamin D and soaking up every bit of it as I sit here at our kitchen table writing this. Here are a few things that I’ve been loving this …

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What to Wear to School 2020-2021

For about about 15 school years (since 2006), I’ve shared What to Wear to School posts. The posts started in response to reader questions about my kids clothes, and then they became a tradition for our family — a really great journal-of-sorts, recording the kids growth, haircuts, and their favorite …

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The Moneyist: My partner, 70, refuses to put his bank accounts into both our names. Do I have the right to be offended?

Dear Moneyist, I am 62 and my partner is 70. We have been together for 16 years, living together for 12 of those. We have always had separate bank accounts. ‘In 2008, we lost virtually everything in the Great Recession, and have rebuilt our assets into a reasonable position.’ We …

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