Okay, where to start? There’s been a lot going on in the past few months. I guess I should start by going back to October or so. I posted then that I was looking for a job. Things were tight, and we have already been living a bare-bones, no luxury budget for a couple of [...]
In a recent post, I mentioned that we’ve been dealing with more frustration and stress lately. Well, without going into too much detail, it all came to a head last week, and Brett was laid off from his job.
I’m not going to delve into the specifics, but it’s been kind of a long, drawn-out process [...]
Last night, Brett had a bit of a freak out over the amount of our grocery budget. Sure, it’s the second largest expense every month (with rent as number one). I guess it’s a little higher than average, probably, but given that I buy almost all organic and include all cleaning supplies, toiletries, etc in [...]
I’ve been feeling in a little bit of a funk this week for the first time since Elanor was born. It’s partly due to some relational issues that I won’t talk about here, but that have been consuming a lot of my mind and heart. One of them is mostly worked out, and the other [...]
We have so much to be thankful for this year. There have definitely been some extremely crappy times over the past twelve months, but it seems like for the first time in about four years, our lives are essentially really, really good overall.
At the top of my list is that Brett and I seem to [...]
Oh goodness. It’s been way too long since I posted last! The past 10 days have flown by, which is a good thing, I suppose.
I don’t really have too much to say. Life is still very up and down. There have been some really good, much more back-to-normal days in the past couple of weeks, [...]
I’ve recently talked to a lot of people roughly my age (early 20’s to mid 30’s, or thereabouts) about money in Maine, and about how hard it is to get by in this state. I’ve been thinking about it as far as Brett and I are concerned, too.
To begin, I’ll tell you what our story [...]
