tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57565860158814907032011-11-27T18:12:13.102-06:00In which our heroine and her family claw their way from the brink of financial disaster to solvency and beyondPolly Poorhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967413841209148601noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifEconomicCrunchhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756586015881490703.post-18914658626287371182011-03-21T23:00:00.001-05:002011-03-21T23:00:05.512-05:002011-03-21T23:00:05.512-05:00Polly Poorhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967413841209148601noreply@blogger.com0Image by PortocalaMecanica via FlickrPrissy keeps growing. Her pants get short. Her knees come up to her chin on her bike. (Didn't we just buy her a new one?) She's a teenager. 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They've been a little weird this year. They've been relentlessly...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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I hardly cook at all without it anymore. I have to confess that Mr. Poorhouse does most of the cooking around here. But he's been stressed at work lately and has had less time...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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When Paul just had to have an iPod touch, I told him I wasn't going to buy one for him, so he saved his money,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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