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...]
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...]
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...]
The other night I was doing my evening routine and I had 60 Minutes on the t.v. as background. I came in on the middle of a segment on people living in their cars in Florida and something about it piqued my interest. I was taken in by this one family … [Read more...]
I've just finished reading a book by Geneen Roth titled Lost and Found, Unexpected Revelations About Food and Money. I love Geneen Roth. She helped me uncover my food crazy and now reading this book is helping me get to the absolute bottom of my … [Read more...]
I like to think of what I went through as an evolution. I did change who I was, but it didn't come from some noble place. Instead like any evolution, I came to the place in life where I had better adapt or be destroyed. Of course it wasn't … [Read more...]
The worst part of our household financial recovery plan is that the tight budget leaves very little for giving. After paying basic bills and feeding and clothing everyone, our charity dollars are scarce. We've tried to volunteer our time to make up … [Read more...]
I promise today's post won't be as dire as yesterday's! I left you yesterday at rock bottom. Today we'll start our journey forward. First, I'll tell you this is terrifying. Writing yesterday's post was one of the scariest things I've ever done … [Read more...]
