I’m down in Phoenix for the inaugural Women’s Personal Finance Long Weekend, so I’m going to keep this short. Yes, I realize I could have just skipped writing today, but since I skipped last week, I wanted to put down at least a few words today. For those of you who aren’t bloggers, it’s a…
Happy birthday week to me! I “leveled up” to age 34 on Monday and had a fabulous day. I know not everyone loves getting older, but I adore my birthday and the privilege and luck of getting to see another year on this earth. Though I have to say, it’s hard to believe it was…
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…
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…
Texas. If you haven’t heard what’s going on there yet, please look it up. I’ve seen entirely too little talked about in the mainstream media, which is also horrifying and terrifying. Florida, Iowa, and other states are already looking to write replica bills. The Supreme Court declined to do anything. Honestly, I don’t see how…
With vaccinations comes more normal life. My dear friend Felicity is now two weeks past her second shot, and got to spend a good deal of Thursday together. She’s retired, and I don’t work Thursdays, so instead we had lunch, worked in the garden, walked downtown, and got ice cream. The kiddo adores her, so…
It’s been a good month now since I’ve been fully vaccinated, and it’s starting to really sink in. Until the kiddo is able to get his shots, I won’t totally relax, but it’s such a different place to be these days. Honestly, I have a hard time wrapping my brain around anti-vaxxers and the vaccine…
Thursday night, President Biden gave a speech commemorating the official year mark of the pandemic in the United States. We might have already been in it a few weeks here in Kirkland by that point, but this time a year ago, people were starting to realize things were going to be really different, and really…
We now have a female Vice President in the United States. A woman of color - a Black and Indian woman - holds the second highest office in the land. (We also have a new president, and he's pretty cool too). Wednesday was such a powerful and momentous day, and I felt like I was…
I hit publish on Meet the Women of the Financial Independence Movement three years ago today. It's wild to think about how different my life is because of that post. Not often do you expect a single thing you've written to shape your life, but it is the absolute truth here. I grew up in…