I’ve mentioned that I’ve been watching a lot of Shameless lately. One of the things about the show that drives me nuts is how the father figure, Frank Gallagher, spends ALL of the family’s money at a bar. I’ve been doing our own family’s finances lately and contemplating what good we could do with our [...]
People always complain about the “holiday letdown,” that slump that often occurs between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. You feel fat, the kids are cranky, there are no more presents to open. In our family, however, this mid-holiday period is a favorite time. Family members from far away are usually still in town, and we [...]
A couple of weeks ago (just before Christmas), we drove all the way from San Diego to Southern Washington to visit our good friends who were having their first baby. We didn’t get a hotel or anything on the way up, so it was about 28 hours of nonstop sleepless road. We did take a [...]
I was excited to learn recently about a new organization called Brave Woman, which is working to change the perception of women facing domestic violence from a victim mentality to one of courage and strength. They’re supporting women around the world to live without fear and challenging people to speak out against violence. Learning about their initiative [...]
It’s almost January. You packed on a few during the holidays but you’ve sworn to yourself (it’s your New Year’s resolution and everything!) that you’ll hit the gym hard in the new year and finally lose that baby weight. Too bad your babies are, uh, not really babies anymore. They won’t sit still long enough [...]
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