13 Reasons Why. There’s been a lot of debate on social media and in the popular press about the Netflix series based on the popular book by Jay Asher. Some of it, I wholeheartedly agree. If you have a middle school child, the series is too graphic for them to watch. There are intense bullying,…
How we cut our TV bill by more than half
Yes, you read that right. We cut our TV bill by more than half last year. And, actually, we’re saving almost $110 a month. That’s $1,320 a year. Want to know how to do it? We’ll tell you. First, it’s important for you to know how we got fed up with at&t. At the end…
Summertime Tea Party
FiftyFlowers.com sent us the wholesale flowers for this summertime tea party. The blooms were cut and shipped directly to our doorstep from the farm where they grew. As always, the opinions are my own. Now that Rosie’s older, it’s a blast to treat our friends that have little ones to a day of fun. We…
Pushing paperwork
Paperwork. I’m sure there’s nothing more frustrating to a government entity than sifting through paperwork. Unfortunately, when you require documentation for things, you must have a process in place to successfully manage the mountain of paperwork that you require. Makes logical sense, right? Not in the case of healthcare.gov. I’ve written about Obamacare before. A couple…
More Joy
My word of the year for last year was Joy. I partnered with a group of bloggers on a 365 project that fizzled out after a few months but I’ve decided it might be nice every once in a while to share with everyone what our life is like outside of being sick. Illness is…