Last week I wrote a post about our financial situation. There weren't a whole lot of public comments either here or on Facebook, but the feedback I received privately was overwhelming. I got emails and direct messages. People came up to me in person … [Read more...]
It's been a long time since we've taken a proper vacation. Actually, I can't say that since having kids we ever have. I mean, we have family in other locations that we often travel to stay with and we've even gotten hotel rooms before for holiday … [Read more...]
If you've ever been to this blog, you know that money is a pretty central theme. When I first started writing here, we were in the thick of a crushing debt issue and we've slowly chipped our way out from under the mountain over the last five … [Read more...]
Today's is not the traditional M.a.D Monday post but surely it is tangential to Making a Difference. Today's post is about money, specifically what you can do with it now to avoid running out of it later. Never fear, I'm not here to give advice as … [Read more...]
I was going to reserve this Monday for a Sandy update. I wanted to make sure that the story of Superstorm Sandy didn't disappear. It's always on our minds around here, and maybe even on national news the last few days because of Congress' … [Read more...]
I've written here before about how I get stressed out playing Santa and this year is no different. All three kids still believe and while there is magic in that, it mostly makes me crazy. Trying to keep track of wish lists that are almost never … [Read more...]
This is a way back post! I wrote this when we were living in my in-law's basement in a house they no longer own in a state they don't even live in anymore. Anywhoo way back, long ago before Sabrina Soto was big-time everywhere in prime-time designer, … [Read more...]
Today's post is an oldie from The Traveling Circus. I decided to re-share because I recently just changed cell phone providers and after three years in Jersey I was STILL angsting over my damn number! I kept my Maryland digits because at this point … [Read more...]
Moons ago I did a video for Yahoo! Shine about how we reinvented ourselves financially. This video "lived" on Yahoo! for a while but now it's time for it to live here. If you want to read what the lovely Jessica wrote about this piece, go here. If … [Read more...]
Last August at BlogHer I went to a panel on women and money. I got up to speak about living an authentic life financially and how we really try to do that around here because when we didn't, we ended up eyeball deep in debt and plenty of … [Read more...]
