Money, Love, and Change

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As you may know from some previous posts, we have a $250 self-imposed budget for Christmas this year.  We had a budget left of $227, and I have definitely made a dent in it.  Here’s the breakdown:
$41 - the [...]

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I was talking to my mom the other day, and she had mentioned how she had no idea what to get my brother for Christmas.  My brother has Down’s Syndrome, and spends a lot of his free time playing music and video games.  He also loves wrestling.
I was asking if there were any new video [...]

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This is not a political blog, so the purpose here is not to reveal who my preferred candidate is, and why the other candidate sucks, etc. I just wanted to give you this heads up, so that you may be more inclined to read on.
This weekend, we went to visit some friends, and took some [...]

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I don’t know if it is the change in the weather, or if I just have bad luck, but last week was tough to get through!  I was just so tired, and managed to do the bare minimum to get by.  That’s not really like me…
It’s time to get back on track.  I’ve been doing [...]

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I should be back to a regular schedule in another couple of days.  I’m still working 35 hours a week, taking care of the kid during the day, and I’ve been feeling a little under the weather.  But I’m starting to feel a little better now, and am pretty sure that we can handle our [...]

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OK, I dropped the ball after being bamboozled.  I had one heck of a headache yesterday, and took a day off from everything internet.  I did the same thing for most of today.  It was a nice break.
Why was it so good to get away?  Perhaps it has something to do with watching the Olympics [...]

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It was a hard toddler head that inadvertendly hit my nose.  There was no nosebleed (although I kept checking, since my entire nose was numb), but I have one heck of a headache despite two tylenol.  I’m just hoping to make it through tutoring tonight, and will sleep this one off.
Until tomorrow…

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We’ve been working hard on the “please” and “thank you” concept with the kid.  He’s doing pretty well.
He’s also at the stage where he imitates everything we say.  For example, when we run out of something, like milk or dog food, he’ll say, “Milk all gone”.  I respond with the usual, “Yep, we’ll have to [...]

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We’re back from a weekend camping trip. It was a lot of fun, even though we got rained on for a whole night and part of a day. Trying to keep a 2-year-old contained in a tent while waiting for a storm to pass was challenging, but somewhat manageable. I have made [...]

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After traveling last weekend, everyone was ready to take it easy.  We wanted to get out and enjoy nature this weekend, and were thinking about taking a short trip (less than 2 hours) to a state park.  However, on Friday evening, we pulled out our atlas, and found a nature center that was only 15 [...]

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