We've somehow ticked over into August, which means this past Tuesday was our state's primary elections. Washington is a 100% vote by mail state, which is completely awesome. I've actually never had to go down to a polling booth to vote. Of course, I waited too long to put it in the mail (no stamp…
It finally really feels like summer around here. After a cool and rainy May and June (and first part of July), the second half of the month has come in with a vengeance. Nothing like other parts of the country, but for the Pacific Northwest, it's been pretty consistently warm - in the mid to…
This has been a short "week" since my last update was on Monday after our week long camping trip above the Methow Valley. The week absolutely flew by, and it is somehow already Friday again. Time is strange right now - both so fast and so disjointed. A bit like time with a newborn, except…
We spent the past week dispersed camping in the Ponderosa pine forests of the North Cascades outside of Winthrop, so instead of publishing Friday's Frugal Five, it's out on Monday this time. It was our first real trip to the Methow Valley, and we fell in love. We returned home Saturday afternoon sweaty, dirty, and…
Today marks three full years since I started writing this blog. I hope/plan to have a post dedicated to it soon, but just in case (since I've slowed down on Monday posts for now), I wanted to acknowledge it here on a Friday as well. I started this blog for the accountability, but it's grown…
After too many long months, I finally got to see Felicity and Purple in person. Granted, we were all masked up and hung out outdoors off and on in the rain, but it was still in person. And that made my heart so happy. Felicity also brought the kiddo a bunch of snacks back from…
After the age that was the month of March, life slowly picked up after April and May, and June has somehow sped by. Though, in the words of Scary Mommy, this new pandemic phase is more stressful than lockdown in many ways. It's finally summer, and the weather is beginning to look like it as…
I spent last weekend completely off social media, and 95% offline, including archiving my Women's Personal Finance Facebook group from Friday afternoon to Monday morning (meaning the group was still "there" but frozen to new posts/comments/etc until I reopened it). I've been pretty overwhelmed lately, and the weekend felt like a really important reset, and…
What do you know. It's Friday again. And I'm tired. I will be archiving my Women's Personal Finance group on Facebook for the weekend and taking a much-needed offline break for a couple of days. I don't have much else to say this week. Life continues to march on, most of my work is done…
I'm tired this week. I'm certain you all are as well, so I'll be keeping this short. Things are definitely in turmoil right now, but I do have some hope that we may see real, lasting change for it. If that's true, then it will be all worth it. It’s been a rough time as…