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table align=”center” cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ class=”tr-caption-container” style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;”tbodytrtd style=”text-align: center;”a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hRmjyAC3CBs/TUG43tOxWkI/AAAAAAAAAWU/Ahfu3W231WQ/s1600/babythursday.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;”img border=”0″ height=”320″ src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hRmjyAC3CBs/TUG43tOxWkI/AAAAAAAAAWU/Ahfu3W231WQ/s320/babythursday.jpg” width=”256″ //a/td/trtrtd class=”tr-caption” style=”text-align: center;”Photo at Zwani.com/td/tr/tbody/tableIn the midst of chasing a toddler, picking up kids, making dinner, and all that is called being a mom, I have LOVED catching up on some blogs via my phone. Many people do a weekend round up, but I happen to have a minute to post today and it’s Thursday, so it’s a Thursday Round Up! I have started emailing great posts to myself so I can pass them along em{and save them on my blog for future reference}/em:br /strongbr //strongbr /strongFinancial Info/strongbr /ula href=”http://www.zwani.com/graphics/days_of_the_week/thursday/”/alia href=”http://www.zwani.com/graphics/days_of_the_week/thursday/”span xmlns=””Sandy from /span/aa href=”http://www.blogger.com/yesiamcheap.com”Yes, I Am Cheap/a talks about a href=”http://yesiamcheap.com/2011/01/the-end-of-credit-cards-is-coming/”The End of Credit Cards is Coming/a by using your smartphone!?! I already access my store cards via a href=”http://keyringapp.com/”Key Ring app/abr /em{which I LOOOOOOVE!!}/em, so this is not too surprising.br //lispan xmlns=””liCrystal from a href=”http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/”Budgeting In the Fun Stuff/a asks a href=”http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/would-you-like-to-buy-a-75000-ford-expedition/”Would You Like to Buy a $75,000 Ford Expedition?/a-Ummm…no. It is unbelievable what some people do to keep up with the Joneses.br //liliJaymus at a href=”http://realizedreturns.com/”Realized Returns/a is a href=”http://realizedreturns.com/paying-it-forward-at-tims/”Paying it forward at Timmies/a or rather someone else paid it forward…NICE! br //liliI get my taxes done and in by the first week of February, but Khaleef Crumbley from a href=”http://knsfinancial.com/”Faithful With a Few/a informed me of a a href=”http://knsfinancial.com/tax-filing-delay-means-valentine-gift-for-50-million-taxpayers/”Tax Filing Delay Means Valentine Gift for 50 Million Taxpayers/a. That is a bummer./li/span/ulstrongFood/strongbr /ullispan xmlns=””Laura at a href=”http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/”Heavenly Homemakers/a rocks at giving me recipes that are from scratch and a bit healthier. I have already tried several including her a href=”http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/potato-soup”Potato Soup/a. YUMMO!!! br //span/lispan xmlns=””lia href=”http://www.suckerpunchdebt.com/”Suckerpunchdebt/a posted a knock-off recipe for Sbux a href=”http://www.suckerpunchdebt.com/2011/01/hot-choc-o-late.html”Salted Carmel Hot Chocolate/a. I’ll admit, I didn’t have all the ingredients when I first tried it {I used regular hot chocolate packets}, but it still rocked my world!br //liliAnd because I just span style=”text-decoration: line-through;”wasted /spanspent almost $5 on an Iced Caramel Macchiato {don’t worry, I used my blow money}, I appreciated reading a href=”http://www.growrichsimply.com/”Grow Rich Simply’s/a post on how to a href=”http://www.growrichsimply.com/2011/01/19/sbux_at_home/”Make Starbucks Quality Lattes at Home/a. br //li/span/ulspan xmlns=””There is sooooo much more out there so I will attempt to do a round-up each week of my favorite reads. It’s amazing what you can learn from other people. br //spanbr /span xmlns=””Have a fabulous weekend!br //spanbr /a href=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy.png” target=”_blank”img alt=”Anna” border=”0″ src=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy.png” //a