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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 emailed me. “I was wondering when you were going to pick your personal life over greed.” I very professionally and very maturely wrote back: “Pfffffft!” … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Living, Relationships, Where My Money Goes, work
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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 amused by the writer’s commentary on how household roles have changed from the 1950s to 2010. When you have both partners in a household working … Continue reading
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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 eloquently written word. The New York Times is not the first newspaper to charge for online access to read their articles. Heck, the first company that I … Continue reading
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 I told her that we definitely want to start a family, we’re just waiting until we have a bit more money because having babies are expensive. … Continue reading
Posted in Debt Reduction, Everyday Living, Relationships, Where My Money Goes, work
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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 say a lot about this right now because I’m very much in deep negotiations with my brain regarding what I want to do with my … Continue reading
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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 didn’t have benefits attached while my then fiance was in “temporary” status. At one point prior to this insurance-less limbo, I voiced my fears that after … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Living, Good Reading, Inane articles, Relationships
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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 I didn’t finish Christmas shopping before I went to my folks’ house. Which meant going to Walmart on Christmas Eve. And gift cards for my nephews … … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, etc., family, gifts, time
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Presents pressure begins to build
When it comes to gifts, most people in my family are extremely easy. My dad is sometimes a challenge, but he’s also a farmer – warm clothes are always appreciated by those folks who brave the cold winter wind. My mom? Simple … My husband? Sometimes a challenge, but so far I’ve been awesome at picking out gifts for him – it’s only a matter of listening and keeping my eyes open for the obscure at times. But with 9 … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Living, Relationships, Where My Money Goes
Tagged Christmas, FAIL, family, nephews, presents
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The mystery of plumbing and why $2 is a good investment
Do you want to absolutely confound me? Talk technical to me. Our town’s municipal utility informed hubby and I the other day that we have a malfunctioning water meter and that they would drop by sometime between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday to take a look at it. (I love the two-hour time frame … but God love the repair guy, he was at my house by 2:30 p.m.) While the repair guy and I have no clue what … Continue reading
Posted in Debt Reduction, Everyday Living, Money Saving Strategies, Relationships, Where My Money Goes, work
Tagged babies, cabin, insurance, money, plumbing, ultrasound
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Ch-ch-ch-changes: The Auto Edition
I will never forget my first car – it was a 1988 two-door Pontiac Sunbird that was an electric teal shade. It had belonged to my cousin Jenny and bought for $1,200 when she decided to upgrade to a better car. The Sunbird was more than a car or a mode of transportation – it’s up there with my second-grade boyfriend – a nostalgic true love of sorts. My love for driving and road trips in general stem from that … Continue reading
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Tagged car, car seats, changes, grown up, Sable, Saturn
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