Archive for 'Relationships'
This world is a challenge to my finances and to my hairstyle
I have a lot of things going on in my life right now, a few of them that I’ve only shared with those who are in my inner circle. (And no, family members and friends who read this blog – I’m not pregnant.)
There are a lot of days where I end up [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2010 under Everyday Living, Random!, Relationships, Where My Money Goes, work.
Comments: 5
Do I need a social media detox?
For those of you who follow a Christian church calendar, we are now entering the season the Lent. Or we have entered it … however that works. When I was growing up, we never gave up anything for Lent. I don’t know if that was my parents, if it was my denomination, [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2010 under Money Saving Strategies, Random!, Relationships.
Comments: 3
Tired of temptation: Valentine’s Day 2010
Can I let you in on a little secret about me? Here it is: I really suck at being frugal. Sure, I shop the sales rack and Savers for my clothing. I do clip coupons, I do sign up for rewards at my favorite retailers whenever possible and I am credit [...]
Posted: February 9th, 2010 under Debt Reduction, Everyday Living, Random!, Relationships.
Comments: 6
Cutting back for the sake of sanity
This week, I made a big decision that will impact my future, my finances and likely my overall sanity.
After over two years of working weekends and the occasional weeknight at the local cab company, I asked my boss yesterday if I could cut back to just working every other weekend.
“I’m not surprised,” he [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2010 under Everyday Living, Relationships, Where My Money Goes, work.
Comments: 5
Working Women of the World Need Wives
No, I’m not making some social commentary in the cool alliteration of my blog title – I’m just recapping the sentiment of a New York Times op-ed piece that I read this morning called “My So-Called Wife.”
I found this article interesting. By no means am I the breadwinner of the family, but I am [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2010 under Good Reading, Relationships.
Comments: none
Do I love it enough to pay for it?
I cannot lie – I have been waiting for this day for awhile. As certain as death and taxes, I knew that my (free) love affair with the New York Times online couldn’t last. And now the news is certain, starting January 2011, I will have to pay for my love of the [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2010 under Everyday Living, Money Saving Strategies, Random!, Relationships, Where My Money Goes.
Comments: 1
Baby Talk: While We’re Still Waiting to Spawn
A few months ago, one of my cab drivers – a nice young woman who is a few years younger than me and has an infant of her own – asked me when my husband and I are going to start our own family. Ignoring the twinge in my ovaries when she said this [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2010 under Debt Reduction, Everyday Living, Relationships, Where My Money Goes, work.
Comments: 5
2010: Optimism and lots and lots of deep thoughts
Well, I’ve written this inaugural 2010 post about a dozen times and to be honest … every day that I’ve encountered in January has brought something different – some things good, some things bleh and some things that have caused me much speculation.
Here are the things I’ve been thinking about:
Work – I can’t [...]
Posted: January 15th, 2010 under Debt Reduction, Everyday Living, Random!, Relationships, Where My Money Goes, work.
Comments: 4
What people will do for health insurance …
Before my husband and I were married, he went without health insurance for seven months. He had switched jobs the summer before we got married and although it was anticipation of greater things (more chance of advancement, higher pay, a more stable future, less office politics), it was a temporary to permanent thing that [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2009 under Everyday Living, Good Reading, Inane articles, Relationships.
Comments: 3
Some of the best gifts in life aren’t things …
Whatever you celebrate, however you celebrate, etc., I hope that all of you had a wonderful holiday season. My husband and I actually braved the roads to get down to my folks’ house in Iowa and made it without trouble. The only mishap – if you would call it that – is that [...]
Posted: December 26th, 2009 under Everyday Living, Random!, Relationships.
Comments: 3