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Before giving birth to an October baby I never factored in the number of gift list requests that would come between the time the first leaves fall and Christmas begins. I don’t know what to include on zthese lists anymore. I feel quite inundated by the number of toys currently overflowing in our living room … Read more
I got married in 2004 and swore I would send out Christmas cards when December rolled around. Did I do it? No. Every year after we were married I planned to ship out cards, but somehow or another I failed to do so. Some years I got very close to sending out cards. I picked … Read more
I’m in the process of organizing my house. Whenever I’m feeling a bit uneasy about life I start looking for piles that need to be sorted and toys that need to be put back on the shelf. It’s an easy way for me to release my nervous energy. I don’t know where this habit stems … Read more
Over the years I’ve written a lot about the steps that can lead to financial success. In December of 2006, (the year I created this blog), I wrote about the best financial decisions I’d made to date. In 2007 I elaborated on the lessons I learned, which included getting my first job early in life, attending … Read more
Did you see the picture of the sandwich in this post? That’s the sad excuse for a sub that I received from a local restaurant in my area. For my son’s second birthday my husband and I decided to take the easy approach to party planning by ordering subs from a local sandwich shop. I think … Read more
A brain dump of sorts… I want to replace all of the hangers in my house with skinnier versions. While I don’t hang a lot of clothes in the closet I do like how much space is freed up but using the thinner versions. Quite frankly the closets in our house suck. They are oddly … Read more
As I was digging out a bunch of old college notebooks in the basement I came across a series of quotes from a professor who spoke to us honestly and openly on our last day of class. I remember this particular class quite vividly. He told us that he wanted to impart a few words … Read more
Last weekend I attended a memorial service for a close friend. As I stood in a small room surrounded by the deceased’s friends and family I took a moment to reflect on the event and walked away with a few lessons that I hope to keep close to my heart. 1: Don’t let your friendships … Read more
I recently came across a picture of a friend’s closet stacked from floor to ceiling with neatly folded piles of clothes. There was not an inch of free space remaining. She had taken over the storage areas in the rest of the house as well and had four similar closets packed to the brim. I knew that … Read more
Did you ever have one of those moments where you look down in your shopping bag and wonder what on earth you just bought? Maybe you don’t regret the purchase right away, maybe it creeps up on you months later when you look at that awful orange dress hanging in the closet or the ridiculously … Read more