Waiting until near the end of November to write this post might have been a mistake, because I'm able to look back at the relative freedom we had to move around and do things in October stings a bit. Granted, "relative freedom" means a camping trip with our two friends and eating outside at restaurants…
Well, with cases climbing in a big way again, we're back to holing up at home. Not that we really did a whole lot through the summer, but we did eat outside at restaurants a couple times, had a small " bubble" with another household or two, and our families helped with childcare (masked, distanced).…
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
With everything that has gone on so far in 2020, from the Australian - and American - Wildfires, COVID-19, and the US Presidential election, empathy is something that we all dearly need more of. If only we all cared more about others. If our actions really mattered beyond our own selfish desires, the world would…
Well, I've done this anniversary post every November since I started blogging in 2017, so this is the fourth one of these. Each year, I've chronicled our monthly adventures through the previous year of marriage. Usually, that means there's a bunch of fun and varied trips to reminisce on and share pictures from. This year…
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
I had planned to skip today’s post like I had Monday and Wednesday this week due to the election, but like writing through Covid, I decided that I wanted to put down my thoughts while I’m actually living it right now. Someday, I may want to go back and read these words and remember (HA)…
Four days until the 2020 Presidential Election. We have a new member of the SCOTUS. The United States has now hit new highs for COVID-19 infections, and tomorrow is Halloween, with too many people with party plans. 2020 is certainly planning to finish out with a bang. We will be trick or treating on our…
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
I wrote a guest post for The Fioneers summer of 2019, reflecting on my choice to cut down my hours at work and live out my #SlowFI priorities. A year and a half later, my husband has joined me in reduced work hours. While I had mentioned the option to him many times over the…