Teaching What I Don’t Know
Only two more days until Christmas. Thank gawd. I don’t think my daughter and I can last any longer. My daughter LOVES stuff, toys, books, jewelry, art su...
Category: Financial Security
In Search of a More Immediate Reward
I read a couple of months ago (in what I think was a NYT article I’m too lazy to search for) that people who recognize the more immediate benefits of exer...
Concerning Our Unit
Here’s the thing. You put yourself out there. You ask people for their opinions, advice and guidance. And then they give it to you. Here is the other...
Standing at the pantry, shoving cookies in my mouth
In the darkest years of my disordered eating, I would stand at the pantry, leaning against the door, grab things I wanted to eat, and just stand there, shoving ...
Worth It, Reasonable and The Whole Picture
I wrote before about how many past purchases have been made with the hope or expectation that an item could Make It Better. I have bought many a thing because I...
Restriction vs. Intention
It can feel sometimes (okay, A LOT of the time) like pretty much everything in my life is restricted. We’re in the worst drought in California history, so...
Summer Budget Project Week 7 (and an announcement)
This week’s total was torpedo bombed by a massive swimming lesson purchase. This Tuesday we will use the last of the ten swimming lessons I purchased for ...
Money Waste Rage
I’ve never handled the loss of money (either in the form of actual money or the stuff money buys) very well. I am someone who loses things and I take it v...
Same as it ever was
I’m reading more and more frugal living and financial independence and personal finance blogs and I am so impressed with the choices people are making and...
Summer Budget Project Week 6
This itemized spending recap feel disingenuous because I was with my husband all weekend and he paid for everything. We spent A LOT on food and drinks that week...