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Entries from May 2008
Quote for thought #3
May 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Quotes
Going camping - be back tomorrow!
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
We’re going camping, and we are all pretty excited. I am falling a little behind today, but will be back tomorrow. Enjoy your Friday!
Tags: About Us
WaMu Visa card sucks
May 28th, 2008 · 8 Comments
OK, I am a sucker. I wanted free access to my credit score, and when I got the offer from WaMu for a card that had free access to FICO scores, I signed up.
There were no balance transfer fees, so I did a small balance transfer from a higher interest (3.99%) credit card. I planned [...]
Tags: Personal Finance
Getting kids back into a routine after traveling
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s not quite 10am, and my 2-year-old son is down for a nap (he usually sleeps in the early afternoon). He has a gym class at 10:30am, but won’t be going. The one part of traveling that I don’t like is trying to get the kid back into a routine.
I follow 3 rules to help [...]
What a great weekend!
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Although we were a little worried about the cost of traveling, it was a wonderful weekend. My grandma is in her 80’s, but she is still very active. She had a pillow fight with my son on Saturday (not an all-out pillow fight, but still an official pillow fight) - this alone made the trip [...]
Tags: About Us · Frugal Spending
Have a great weekend everyone!
May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
We are getting ready to travel to NY to see my mom and great-grandma. They haven’t seen the kid since January, so we are really looking forward to the visit. I hope that everyone really has a nice weekend and gets to spend some quality time with their family!
I won’t be dropping Entrecards, but I [...]
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Stay-at-home mom salary projections
May 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I’m just going to say that I have a real problem with these projections. Articles like this one at MSN try to put a salary tag on a stay-at-home mom.
Here’s my salary projection for the stay-at-home mom: Priceless.
Guess what? I would also put the priceless tag on the stay-at-home dad, the working dad, and the [...]
Tags: Personal Finance
Funny Monday night story…
May 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Both my husband and I are science geeks, but we try not to drill too much science into our 2-year-old. I thought we were doing a pretty good job, until I looked in the bathtub tonight.
We have bathtub crayons (a guaranteed fun bath!), and I noticed the molecular structure for water on the shower [...]
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Quote for thought #2
May 18th, 2008 · No Comments
I hope to post later today, but want to continue with my idea of a thoughtful quote:
“The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way in which we use them.”
Author: Unknown
Tags: Quotes
Benefits to carpooling
May 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I have mentioned in some previous posts about how my husband’s old job is being relocated to China. He recently found a job with the same company in a different building, and things are going ok. The commute is still long though - about 70 miles round-trip per day. He used to commute to work [...]
Tags: Saving Money


