What I’m Reading: I’m Going to the Opera Edition
I’m going to a free simulcast of Madama Butterfly tonight. That means I have a to of things that have to get done early today, so not much time for chit chat (this has kind become a running theme- things will slow down once we finally get the house ready for the foster care license), so off we are to the blogs.
I always love when the House of Two Bows posts their monthly spending on the dogs. It makes me realize I am not crazy. And this month, there’s an added infographic for the lifetime costs of pets. Cool!
It’s May, why the heck is Suba talking about Christmas Eve over at Wealth Informatics? I actually really loved this post about how meeting one person can change your perspective on life. I had one of those people in mine. I think I feel and “inspired by” post coming on.
It’s spring time, and for some reason, that means lots of people start looking at buying houses, including our favorite dead president A Blinkin at funancials. Buying a house is more than list of pros and cons. Whether you believe it is the American Dream or not, it is still a definite lifestyle choice (as my weekends are proving).
In a manner that is completely timely for me, Money Crush asked us to do a Spending Spot-Check this week. The answer is, no, my spending isn’t really under control. All the needed big spending is leading to me doing little spending as stress relief. Time to get myself back on track.
You know I have a blog called 100 Words On…, right? I love micro-blogging (and micro-fiction), and I love it when other people do it, too. This morning, Maria from The Money Principle posted 100 words on minimalism– what a great topic.
And finally, in my goal to read more new blogs, and it introduce you to more blogs, I latest Yakezie challenger is iHeartBudgets, where last weekend, her water heater stopped working. The question becomes- is that an Emergency or Just a Minor Inconvenience?
I hope everyone has a great Saturday!
Thanks for checking out my blog! I actually just realized I have not really introduced myself, so I laughed out loud when I read your post. Though my wife will occasionally post on the blog, it is mostly me posting, so when I read "her water heater stopped working", I realized I haven't been clear that it is I, Jake, that is iHeartBudgets. 🙂
I love the title of your blog, and I'll do a little reading here in the next week. Thank you again! LoL!
-Jake
A few weeks ago, I accidentally called Bog of Debt "he" instead of "she" so I've started erring on the female side for now. Honestly, my reading comprehension on these busy weekends is not so great. I promise I'll be back and pay closer attention in the future!
Erin, thanks for mentioning us. I love the 100 wopds thing – I am usually too wordy and this is such great discipline. How was the opera?
It's a great little discipline for me, writing at least 100 words a day, though I often write the Friday-Sunday posts on Thursday so I don't have to think about them over the weekend.
As for the opera- do you know Madama Butterfly? It was depressing (as all good tragedies should be). It was actually really well done. I had a few bumps- I don't know that opera is meant for the giant screen. It's really odd to see a woman who is obviously on the other side of 40 playing a character who claims to be 15. And the transition from Act II to Act III was too long- no need to bore your audience.
But overall I really enjoyed it. Our opera company is doing Cinderella this winter, and so my friend and I may go see that.
Yes, I know it – but have never seen it on stage. We should go to the opera and concerts more often – got out of habit when our son was born 12 years ago and it is time to change back. I have always found opera rather old-fashioned, though; for reasons very similar to the ones you mentioned.
Old fashioned, but enjoyable. I feel the same way about ballet.