Noticing the different ways people perceive the same event is fascinating to me. For instance, today I had an experience that illustrates the point well. To explain, I need to go back to last night. Victoria suddenly fell asleep on Daddy’s chest before suppertime. She had already had a long nap that day, so I […]
French Eating Habits, or what I would ask maman
Gabrielle of DesignMom (whose blog I adore, mostly for her posts about her life in France) recently wrote about French food habits. If you’ve been reading here for more than 5 minutes, you know I’m mildly obsessed with French culture (food being a large part of that!). So, I read her post and every single […]
SGTSM Part 5: Final Chapters
So maybe I’ve procrastinated long enough on this one! Finally blogging about the last two chapters of Crystal Paine’s excellent book, Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life. Here are the other installments in case you missed them: Part One: SGTSM Chapters One […]
What I Buy at ALDI – Updated
It’s no surprise that I love ALDI. Buying most of our weekly food from ALDI helps keep the grocery budget to an acceptable number. We spend about the same amount on food as rent. Anything I can do, without the stress of couponing and shopping at multiple stores each week to keep food costs […]
A Perfect Day
Reading books about goals or time management, you’ll often find the authors encouraging you to envision (and write down) the perfect day. I’ve always had a difficult time with this assignment, because for me, there are many versions of a “perfect” day. (At least one of them involved a roadside cafe somewhere in the French […]
Life of Fred: Language Arts and Financial Choices
I mentioned back in January that a friend tipped me off to the fact that Life of Fred, our favorite purveyor of home school math curriculum, had recently released a language arts series. Since I wasn’t spending money that month, I had to wait until February to order it! I didn’t know what to do […]
Twitterature February 2014
Note: If you’re reading this post via your phone or an RSS reader, please click through. The pictures won’t show up otherwise. 🙂 Linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Twitterature Wow. It looks like I read a lot of books this month, but a couple of them I actually started in January. A Year in […]
SGTSM: Failure, and Giving
I did get my bangs trimmed, but I haven’t posted a new pic. My neighbor is a photographer who has a studio in her home. She’s offered to snap my pic but I’ve just procrastinated about getting it done. The picture on my blog and social media profiles is 5 years old, and I don’t […]
Yesterday’s Post: What Went Right
I had a terrible, awful, no good, very bad day yesterday. I went to bed at 8:18 PM, totally spent. But, as the evening unfolded, I realized that many things went right. Everyone got their schoolwork done (with the exception of the younger kids’ history lesson) The house was reasonably and clean laundry got done […]
Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: Chapters 5 and 6
I decided to re-read Crystal Paine’s new book, Say Goodbye to Survival Mode, and share my thoughts and notes. Here are the posts about Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: Chapters One and Two and Three and Four Chapter 5 is about money: as Crystal puts it, being “intentional with your bank account.” She encourages you […]