March was the first full month that our lives were entirely impacted by the Coronavirus, and this financial update clearly shows how different the month looked than previous ones. April will look different yet again, and it's hard to know right now what the rest of the year will bring. For the same reason that…
The kiddo has been seriously missing his Nana and Grammy (my mother and grandmother), who he usually sees for a full day once a week. At first, he enjoyed FaceTime calls with them, but over the last few week, he's mostly refused to even do that, saying that he "wants to see their whole body."…
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…
As a history nerd (just shy of a history major in college), I love reading about the Victory Gardens regular families planted during World War II. I asked on Twitter a couple weeks ago if other people were also planting a COVID-19 Victory Garden, and the response was overwhelmingly yes. Apparently I'm not the only…
This week has been one of an overwhelming number of hours related to work as well as my unpaid work of doing what I can to support our local businesses. I may be more settled in to the realization that this is "real life," but I'm also just tired. Okay, exhausted. So this week's update…
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…
As I've mentioned any number of times, my family lives in a smaller "starter" home. While it was the typical size of a single family home back in the 1960s when it was built, it's considerably smaller than the typical home built in the last few decades by at least half. Especially now, with so…
I haven't felt much like writing and almost skipped today's post, but ultimately I decided that I want a diary of these strange times. Four weeks ago, I startejd working from home. At that point, things felt completely surreal and like I was probably overreacting by pulling the kiddo from preschool. A month later, it…
Since life is still not normal, I haven't been able to get myself to write a normal Wednesday post. Instead, I want this to be one that is helpful to all of you. Last week, it was a roundup of many of the posts written by women about COVID-19 and the impending recession. This week,…
Going through our February expenses was a serious trip back in time. I really, really didn't have my heart into while reviewing credit card statements this month, because February feels so long ago. Even earlier in March feels like long ago. One thing I'll say for this global pandemic thing - weeks and months feel…