Today we’re having a Sunday Afternoon post because I am a football fan. It’s my second favorite professional sport (after hockey) and my third favorite sport overall (roller derby is my favorite). For those of you who care, we’re cheering for the San Francisco 49ers at our house. I’m actually not a 9ers fan. I’m a Raiders fan. And in the playoffs, I was certainly cheering for the local Seahawks. However, I happen to have graduatedread more…
We have a house fund for a reason. And we add a fairly considerable chunk of money to it each month so that we can afford home repairs, whether they are scheduled or emergencies. Intellectually, C and I both know this. In reality? We both hate spending that money. The plan for this spring/summer is to replace all of the windows in the house. There aren’t many (9), but our living room window is of theread more…
I feel like I’m on a seesaw, and that my readers may start to think I’m unstable, or at the very least, wishy-washy. You see, I have made the decision to start semi-actively looking for a new position. Given everything we have going on with the adoption and the possibility of C applying out of state for a graduate program that would start fall of 2014, it seems like not exactly the best time to beread more…
It’s been a busy week at home, though hopefully much of the busy will be over by end of day tomorrow- which is good, because it is going to be a very busy week at work. It has been productive, though, and I feel good about where we are going into the last week of January. Blogging The purpose of these two goals is, yes, to grow my blogs, but also to support and highlightread more…
There’s no real theme to today’s round up, just posts I liked or found interesting And it’s going to be quick, because I’ve got a Howie monster telling me that I shouldn’t be on the computer. Instead, I should be paying attention to him. And let me tell you, he’s a lot cuter than the computer screen. Kezno the Hovawart is following the story of the Danish Hovawart puppy mill very closely. If you have anyread more…
Back in April, I wrote about why we weren’t refinancing– we’re not eligible for HARP, we were very likely underwater in our home, and we could afford the mortgage payments without hardship. Well, today, about 90 minutes before this posts, we will be having a phone conversation with a mortgage broker and likely starting the refinancing process. Why? What’s changed? Well, we’re still not eligible for HARP, and we can still afford our mortgage payments withread more…
I am one of those people who rarely thinks about their breaks at work. Unless I make specific other plans, I eat my lunch at my desk. I forget that I’m supposed to take breaks during the day. I just stay at my desk, working on whatever it is I’m working on, until my stomach tells me I’m hungry or I realize it’s time to go home. Or, at least that’s how I’ve been for theread more…
Okay we’re late in the day, but at least it’s still Sunday this time around. It’s been a rather stressful week. The car had to go in for service, and we didn’t get it back until Friday. We also babysat a 4 year old Thursday night and Friday, as well as her little dog. We have learned that 4 dogs are a bit too much for our house- but it’s not us, it’s the dogs. Theyread more…
I never had the typical high school first job. While my brother and many of my friends either worked fast food or retail, I did not. My first job was doing telephone surveys. I went from there to working in the financial aid office at the University. After that, I did do a one year stint at a local video rental store (remember those) which ended badly, and then, after a few months of unemployment foundread more…
How far in advance do you plan? Do you start to think about planning before you plan? How do you make a plan when everything is still speculative? C is about 1.5 years from graduating with his BA/BS. His plan is to apply to a graduate program in pure mathematics. Our local land grant university is in the top 30 of PhD math programs in the country. So while that would be C’s first choice, theyread more…
