by Andi B. | 365 Days of Saving Money, Money Relationships, Personal, Saving Money
I apologize for my absence. Unfortunately, there was a death in my husband’s family, and I’m the only one that’s ever planned a funeral so my emotional energy was otherwise occupied. Death is very expensive, and while I’m certainly not going to...
by Andi B. | 365 Days of Saving Money, Making Money, Personal
This year is all about saving money every day while trying to increase your income potential. If you did one thing each day that could save as little as $5 over the course of a year, you could have an extra $1800 in your pocket at the end of the year. Not all of these...
by Andi B. | Personal, Personal Finance
Every year I see people jog around the block every day in January, then it exponentially decreases as the weeks go by. People ask me each year if I’ve made my New Year’s Resolutions. Every year I say that I don’t make them. Some assume I’m...
by Andi B. | Having Fun, Kid-Friendly, Personal, Saving Money
by a.b.We just spent the last half hour playing in a very unusual snow fall. Portland gets rain, it doesn’t usually get unpredicted snow. Nevertheless, the snow at the thousand foot level made a pleasant visit to fifty feet above sea level. And see we did.We...
by Andi B. | Emergency Plans, Money Relationships, Personal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
by a.b.We just spent an hour arranging for two hotel rooms for four families stranded in New York.In hindsight, I should have paid better attention to my in-laws’ travel plans. If I had realized they were flying from Africa to New York City Christmas week, I...
