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Tradition and mourning rituals
There’s something about the cold, real cold for a Californian, the kind where you can see your breath, and stop feeling fingers and nose. Whenever that winter feels truly here, my bone deep memories...
View ArticleUpdate on JuggerBaby and our health
JuggerBaby has been transformed partly into the Unstoppable JuggerBaby with the addition of a cast. It’s a club that’s bashed about with great vigor, never mind who gets in the way. It’s made zir...
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Figuring out family and asking for support
The story of my money and my family goes back to the very start of this blog. I wanted to be independent for my own sake, but also wanted to take care of them as they had me. I wanted to support them...
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Life plus baby: what’s changed?
Parents typically gush that having babies is a life-changer. They’re not wrong, but it’s a toss-up whether they mean in a good way or a bad way. Might depend on the day(s) they’ve had. Two years on,...
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Seamus: the dog who’s practically perfect
Veterinary issues aside, and we have had MANY, Seamus is as near to perfect a dog as we could ask for. He often tricks me into thinking we could have another dog – if only we could duplicate what makes...
View ArticleMy sibling, my nightmare
Othalafehu’s old post about a problematic sibling surfaced on my radar recently, reminding me of a memory that struck me a few weeks ago. I think I was 18 at the time this happened. I had been working...
View ArticleChristmas 2017 and the question of Santa
We walked past some two foot tall Santas at Michael’s the other heat, loaded down with our fifty cent Halloween sticker packs, and JuggerBaby pointed at them. “Is short, mama!” That got me thinking....
View ArticleFIRE vs everything else?
I’ve been battling back some seriously expensive impulses lately. It’s been months of being grumpy because my rational side knows it’s right. It’s not the right time or it’s not in the budget for us,...
View ArticleImpoverished schools and making the best decision for our child
“…education is the silver bullet. Education is everything.” Sam Seaborn, The West Wing Is it better to be the comparatively poor kid in a wealthy school district or a relatively rich kid in a poor...
View ArticleSeamus has a sister (maybe)!
We recently took on a young lady rescue, to Seamus’s mild chagrin, and my heart’s delight. I’m pretty sure we needed a second dog but the first few months will be tough because no one gets Seamus AND...
View Article2018 Life Moves: scheduling and structure
We want to make the most of our time together this year but still get things done around the house. There’s a ton of work still left to us, we only paid for work we absolutely needed completed before...
View ArticleMarried Money: How we do it in 2018
Thanks to being featured by the lovely ladies at Women Who Money, I realized that I should update our money process because it’s evolved since the last time we talked about it. Ours to have and hold...
View ArticleHow we’re teaching a three year old about money
FIREcracker says don’t give your kids money and let them fail if you want them to succeed. That’s similar to my core parenting tenets. I will save JB’s life when ze is choking or about to pelt over the...
View ArticleThat week I flew solo
I’m an introvert, through and through. I’ve preferred to work from my home office, sofa, bed, a dark corner, over going into the office since 2006 and pretty much nothing has shaken my core love of...
View ArticleCareers, marriage, family, life: parity in 2018
Last summer, I talked about how we made it work around here and I think it’s worth revisiting a year, and a lot more stressors, later. We’ve been settled into the new home for a year now – thank...
View ArticleMental illness in our family
Mental illness speckles my family tree like leaf mold. The bipolar uncle who cackled uncomfortably like a cartoon character, his mirth punctuated by random outbursts of rage. The cousin fallen prey to...
View ArticleLiving in the time of pandemic: COVID-19 (1)
If you’d like to join me in helping Lakota families and/or rural libraries this year, please read this post. Over 6 weeks in 2019, we raised $2669.94 for the Lakota families, touching 27 lives. What...
View ArticleLiving in the time of pandemic: COVID-19 (2)
If you’d like to join me in helping Lakota families and/or rural libraries this year, please read this post. Over 6 weeks in 2019, we raised $2669.94 for the Lakota families, touching 27 lives. What...
View ArticleLiving in the time of pandemic: COVID-19 (3)
If you’d like to join me in helping Lakota families and/or rural libraries this year, please read this post. Over 6 weeks in 2019, we raised $2669.94 for the Lakota families, touching 27 lives. What...
View ArticleLiving in the time of pandemic: COVID-19 (4)
If you’d like to join me in helping Lakota families and/or rural libraries this year, please read this post. Over 6 weeks in 2019, we raised $2669.94 for the Lakota families, touching 27 lives. What...
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