As the commercial says, there are some things money can’t buy- and a Mother’s love is definitely one of them. A few quotes for this special day:
Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall - A mother’s secret love outlives them all. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
No man is poor who has had a godly mother. [...]
Yea! After over four years, the last of the adoptions is done. Our 7, 6, and 5 year old are now legally ours. As the judge said, the state is just acknowledging what is already a fact - that they are our children! The three girls are sisters (same mother, 3 different fathers). Now only [...]
My last trip to the grocery store went well. I bought:
4 cans Progresso vegetarian vegetable soup, 10/$10 sale - $1/4 coupon, $3.00
4 cans generic beans (2 black, 2 kidney), 4/$2 sale, $2.00
1 box Pop Secret low-fat popcorn, 10/$10 sale - $0.40/1 coupon (doubled), $0.20
2 packs Aunt Millie’s whole grain English muffins, 10/$10 sale, $2.00
1/2 gallon [...]
So, my roommate’s tribal membership (he’s half Chippewa) finally came through. He applied over seven years ago, but there was a backlog, and so it is now, when he is almost finished with his master’s degree, that he has finally received the tribal membership that would’ve paid for his entire college education. Instead, he has [...]
Hah, no, not car loan interest. Frankly, I don’t plan on ever having a car loan if I can avoid it.
So, we ended up getting a “new” car after all. It’s a ‘93 Toyota Camry in fantastic condition. The best part? It only has 70,000 miles on it. And since I was used to our [...]
I’m hungry. I can’t wait to go home, boil up a nice pot of pasta, and scoop a big mound of it into an over-sized ceramic mug. I’ll add cheddar cheese, sunflower seeds, and oil and vinegar, stirring it so that cheese gets pleasantly melty, then sit and my desk and pop open my webcomic [...]
It has come to my attention that my previous post has been misinterpreted. I know student loan debt is a polarizing issue in the personal finance world. But, why, I ask you, is it that whenever someone expresses frustration at their student loans and their parents’ financial irresponsibility in the same entry, readers assume the [...]
My federal tax refund showed up in my checking account - $794 more to snowflake to debt. Awesome! I’m on target for my mini-goal of reducing my Federal Direct principal to $12,500 by the end of the month. My current balance is [...]
The weather is miserable here today. Oh, it’s warm enough, at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, but it’s icy and gray. I keep thinking that winter is just about to end, but then I remember that we’ve still got weeks left to go. So I’m grateful that at least February is shaping up to be an excellent [...]
Sorry for the light blogging - or should I say nonexistent blogging. I have been sick for over a week. First the flu, then an upper respiratory infection. I am starting to get on the mend, but oh has the work piled up!
Also, a little before I got sick, I was tagged by [...]
