The sun! It has been shining! I have had so much more energy, I feel like I am constantly rushing from one activity to the next. In quick digestible bites, this is what has been going on
The House Situation: We still haven’t found a house.  I am probably going to feel the [...]

This week has been rough.  I hope we never have another year in which M’s birthday, Valentines day and Chinese New Year are in the same week.  Add two snow days to the mix and I am one worn out mama.
But let’s get down to business anyway. This week Mr. A and I started our [...]

This weekend, I watched an episode of Oprah from last week with Suze Orman.  It is no secret, I generally like watching the crazy that is Suze.  Her advice tends to support my own conservative financial nature.  But on this episode of Oprah Suze kind of jumped the shark.
On this show Suze actually recommended that [...]

We are wrapping up our two-month shopping hiatus.
Unlike the first one or the second one, this time not shopping hasn’t been painful at all.   Off hand, I can only think of two purchases that could be considered cheating:  a new purse ($28 canvas to replace the H&M manbag I stole from Mr. A back in [...]