If you’ve been here for a while, you know that my friend Anna and I have scrupulously kept up our wonderful tradition of our annual cookie exchange (you can read about years past HERE, HERE, and HERE. We’ve now done seven, but I don’t have posts for each). I just love it and I know many of my readers do too! I love getting emails from people who have been…
When Covid cases started spiking again here in Montgomery County (Maryland suburb of DC), our county commissioner (who I’m not at all a fan of) implemented some of the most intense restrictions in the DMV. Perhaps the most annoying part of it is the restrictions at grocery stores, entailing often hours-long waits to even go inside. Seeing as people, myself included, need groceries from time to time, I decided to…
Anyone who’s ever taught knows that there’s something special about your very first teaching partner. Whenever I look back on my teaching years, I remember my very first year when Lizzie and I were both second grade teachers at a Catholic school on the DMV’s Virginia side. We dealt with all the things that first year teachers deal with– sweet students, great parents, crazy parents, troublesome students, exhaustion and poverty…
As many of you know, I come from a small business family. My dad owns restaurants in northern Ohio, my grandmother owned a travel agency and I work for a small business, have this blog and my reading intervention business. When Small Business Saturday became a thing, I was ALL in. My friend and I had an annual tradition to go up to Frederick (THIS is my favorite shop there)…
No matter how you slice it, 2020 has not been a great year for a lot of people and it continues going in to the holidays. For the past few years, Jim and I have had quiet Thanksgivings here in the DC area. Last year my sister was in labor Wednesday night and had my nephew on Thanksgiving so we anxiously awaited his arrival here. Growing up, my grandparents were…
Perhaps the top question I get is, “how do you do it all?” I’ll admit it; I keep what would be an insane schedule for most people, but I love every second of it. Most people know that I have some ambitious goals in life and one way to reach them is to work a LOT while I’m able. I know life chapters will change and I want to make…
Get Your Free Debt-Free Holiday Workbook! * indicates required Email Address * It wasn’t until recently that I realized that I’m misusing the word “budget.” There are certainly personality types that love spreadsheets and crunching numbers. I most certainly am not that type of person. Why I haven’t thought to write about this until now, I’m not entirely sure. When I use the word “budget” in my writing, what I…
Get Your Free Debt-Free Holiday Workbook! * indicates required Email Address * Today is a guest post from the lovely Savannah Hoban! I guest posted for her this week too where I wrote about $5 Holiday Gifts! Anyway, without further adieu, allow me to hand it over to Savannah! Happy Thursday, friends! I know the holidays can be a very stressful time of the year for most. Especially with this…
If you haven’t yet downloaded my free Debt-Free Holiday Workbook, allow me to remind you to do it! Get Your Free Debt-Free Holiday Workbook! * indicates required Email Address * I had planned on posting this last week but it felt a little weird with it being Election Day so here it is today :). If you’d like more commentary on the election, feel free to follow me on Instagram…
Gosh this is a weird year. Normally I’ve planned an elaborate Halloween costume, made major plans and counted down the days until Halloween. Obviously with Covid things are more than a little different. If you, like me, are looking for a bit of “normal-ish” I thought I’d share some Halloween costumes that you can create, even if it’s just to sit home and watch Hocus Pocus or Casper in. I…