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For the first time in a month, I am caught-up on a few levels… 1) Laundry. When we moved a month ago I had bushels of laundry that I had waited on from the old house because I was busy packing. Finally, the piles upon piles are no longer living in my bathroom. Who knew I had a . . . → Read More: Getting There Alas, Jason has returned to work after spoiling us with his constant presence for the past month. He had saved up a bunch of leave time so that he could be home for a full month with us after Jesse was born. Those four weeks went by entirely too fast, but I am so very grateful . . . → Read More: Whew! What a Day! Jason and I have always been really open about our separate and combined financial situations. When we first decided that marriage was in our future we discussed our past money mess-ups and how we stood at the time – full disclosure. Ever since then we have had regular talks about how we feel about money, what . . . → Read More: Financial Peace – A Start So, it took us longer than expected to return our DirecTV receivers, leading them to automatically debit $500 from our checking account until the receivers get to them. I shipped them last Tuesday via FedEx, but have yet to see my money returned. We are not so well off that we can live comfortably with $500 . . . → Read More: When it rains, it pours… This monthly menu planning and shopping almost entirely at once is really working out well for us. Breakfasts: Cold cereal, oatmeal, waffles, toast. Lunches & Dinners: As follows… On weekdays we have our large meal at lunchtime so that Jason can eat with us before he goes to work for the night shift. On weekends we have our large . . . → Read More: November Menu Plan In my house, I am a real stickler for dishes being handled correctly. Many of my baking pans and accoutrements cannot be put into the dishwasher. Some other things can technically be washed in there but I prefer not to because handwashing will help them last longer by reducing damage and warping (i.e. my Teflon non-stick . . . → Read More: Too Many Dishes… I’m sitting in my living room. There’s a small fire crackling happily in the fireplace in front of me. My 3-year old son Jeremy is bathed and snuggled on Jason’s lap under his favorite blankie with his favorite stuffed fishy. We’re watching Ratatouille as all of us succumb to the Drowsey Monster and then we’ll slip . . . → Read More: Best night in 3 months… I have been incredibly absent around here lately. I made my big huge photo-laden post right after I returned home from a week in California, then I planned October’s menu – that’s it, all I’ve done in the past month. That is absolutely pitiful blogging and for the four people or so who read this, I . . . → Read More: Catching Up Not long ago Jason volunteered for the night shift (4 pm – midnight) so that he would be home during the days with me and wouldn’t have to miss any prenatal visits. My first one was on his first day of work, so he obviously couldn’t get the time off, and he was really disappointed to . . . → Read More: Our new routine My last couple of days haven’t been all that great. Actually, I can’t say it that way, it’s been the last week but off-and-on, culminating in today. When we left California, we still had about a year left on our DirecTV contract. Upon moving to Alabama, we hooked it back up and switched from the $75/month premium . . . → Read More: Rant Rant RANT!!!  |
    
 
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