California Here We Come

Remember that long post about our crazy road trip? Cancel it, lol. We saw a great airfare to Disneyland later in May and decided to do that for our family vacation instead. I’m a little hesitant to take 7yo out of school for a few days but I think it will be a much nicer [...]

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Book Love and Book Reviews

Ok, I applied to do some book reviews for Penguin Canada. And a couple of weeks ago I started getting books from them to read, I thought it would be a couple only but already I’m up to 4 or so and I’m thinking whoa horsey, lol! I’m going to start posting occasional reviews and [...]

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Earth Week Etc

Earth Day was this past week and I’ve seen several blog posts on the topic and I also watched a bit about it on television. I must say I find some people’s approaches to being eco-friendly to be mind-boggling. Now, don’t get me wrong, we aren’t the world’s most earth friendly family – we do [...]

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The Crazy Road Trip to Chicago

And so I start my planning/dreaming in earnest. I’ve got tickets to BlogHer for Friday/Saturday and I’m fairly hopeful that I’m actually going to make it there somehow. We’re waiting on DH’s job situation to work itself out to know for sure if we can afford the trip or to take the time away, but [...]

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Baby Shopping Frugal Style

Having a baby can be seriously expensive if you aren’t careful or don’t have access to a big support network of friends to share items with you! I was the first of all my friends to be pregnant (and for that matter I had three children before any of my friends had even one!!!) I [...]

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Money and Medical Costs

Just wanted to quickly share my most recent TypeA Mom post about how you handle unexpected medical expenses.
If you are a work at home mom, particularly if you are the main supplier of household income, or if your spouse has not medical coverage, this is probably a big concern for you. Medical stuff sure does [...]

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Busy Week Over

It seemed like a totally crazy week this week – I think I put in my most billable hours ever (not that that is that many, lol) and spent time trying to stay a little on top of housework and the kiddos.  The weather went from snow to sun to rain and it’s kind of [...]

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