For the first time in ages, the kiddo was sick this past week. What started as a sinus drip turned into a cough, and though we’ve been pretty reasonably careful, we decided to give him a Covid test just in case. Waiting for the result was more agonizing than I expected. He wasn’t that sick…
We are now 16 days to Halloween. I may not always know what day it is at any given time, but since the kiddo is now updating me daily, I do know how many days are left until Halloween. After Halloween, I expect to have a similar update for Thanksgiving and Christmas (and then his…
With everything going on these days, hitting the goals I laid out in the spring doesn’t feel like that important of a thing. But I’ve learned from four and a half years of blogging that the accountability piece of setting and writing down goals (and then sharing them publicly here) has been huge for making…
The weather is definitely turning now that we're into October. The rain is so needed and welcome, but the sunshine is also extra welcome right now because we know it's precious and rare and soon enough we won't see it for a good stretch of time. Like the last few years, I've been intentionally getting…
Happy October! Wait… what. How is that even possible. Time is such a weird thing these days. The fact that it’s now October… I don’t know where September went. Pfizer has passed along their studies for the 5-11 age group, so now it’s in the hands of the FDA to approve their vaccine for use.…
Apparently my new cadence is to update these "monthly" financial reports every two months, and right before the next month ticks over. As Regina and I keep asking each other - where has the time gone?! We are definitely in a time vortex these days. Somehow we're almost in October? I don't get it. Time…
The 12th Annual Plutus Awards was held Thursday night in Austin, Texas at FinCon. For those of you who aren't familiar with the Plutus Awards, they're the Oscars/Grammys/etc of the Personal Finance Community. I was really honored to be nominated for four awards this year: Current Events Content, Community Builder, Blog of the Year, and…
Happy Wednesday, all! A quick reminder that these Wednesday roundups are still happening every week, but they've migrated, naturally, over to WomensPersonalFinance.org. Still the same curated roundup you know and love, selected each week by me. Just funneled to the site where WPF has blossomed into its own 🙂 This week's roundup: Don’t Wait for…
I’m tired this week. And by that I mean mentally exhausted, not physically. It’s been a long year and a half and some days the continued chronic crisis just wears extra. I haven’t been able to run yet because of my ankle, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s connected. But hey, California doesn’t have…
So school is back in session around here, and a week and a half in, almost all the schools have had some level of Covid exposure, including the elementary school the kiddo would attend. While completely unsurprising, I find my stomach sinking every time I hear of another group of kids that have to be…