Over the past year I had heard the buzz across the internet about Mabel’s Labels but I never really looked at it.  “It’s labels,” thought I, “I know what labels are.”
Really…  One would think I would know better.
So, there I was at the Type A Mom Conference…  And Mabel’s Labels, a sponsor, had created the [...]

It seems I just haven’t been able to find the right balance of SAHM and WAHM. I really had a problem sticking to the schedule I made for the summer and looking in to fall I knew changes had to be made. Especially since I am getting busier. Yep, after 5 years [...]

…since we “met” Dave. We’ve made a lot of changes in that time and I want to share a few numbers with you.
Debt when we began: $153,617 No, that did not include our mortgage.  YIKES!
What we owe now: $72,442 Still scary, yes.  Staggeringly so.  But let’s look at it this way…
In just one year [...]

Honestly, you don’t realize just how good you have it until you are away. For example:
Brenna & Caelan go to preschool & gymnastics at Triad Kids Campus. For under $375 per month they each have a one hour gymnastics class per week, Caelan has 1.5hours of preschool (a class of 10 with [...]

We remember….
I remember getting into my client’s office and hearing the buzz of “a plane hit the World Trade Center in New York”. It was the first time I heard of Drudge Report. Like the rest of the nation, I thought a small plane got tangled up in the buildings while trying to land.
I remember [...]

You know you should do it. You even think about it every now and then as you see your storage getting full. But you put it off. And put it off. And then, one day, it’s gone. It’s all gone.
We’ve all had it happen- the blue screen of death. [...]

My brother called me just the other day asking to borrow our dehumidifier. It seems that, in preparation for the new counter tops they were having installed, he unhooked the dishwasher from the drain in the sink.
Then he promptly forgot and started the dishwasher as he left for work. When he came home [...]

I’m not such a big fan of what I drive now. You see, it’s not fun. I used to have fun cars. I had a Jeep Wrangler for a while. Which I traded on an Expedition. Which was a bad decision. So I got rid of it and bought [...]

Doug got contacted by a head hunter a couple of weeks ago. It seems that Hennepin County has a new position opening that he would fit perfectly. And, knowing how much I miss my friends, he sent in a resume and salary.
While the though of moving back to Minnesota excites me it also makes me [...]

Valentine’s Day is one week away! One week. Are you prepared?
You do NOT want to forget until you are on your way home from work. If you do here’s what will happen:
*You will stop by the closest store to you at the time you remember.*You will be in a line of others who have forgotten.*Flowers [...]

When I lived in St. Paul not a year went by that I didn’t need a windshield replaced. I’m not sure if it was the extra cold winters or all the freakin’ salt chunks of the roads, but I always seemed to end up with a cracked windshield by the end of winter.
And there [...]

You can’t get away from the news that more and more people are defaulting on loans and credit cards. And while there are many “reasons” people give for their bad fortune (hmmm, can you say “overspending” and “living above your means” there are just as many companies out there wanting to help you out of [...]

It’s not a smart thing to take both daughters to see the creek at the same time. This is especially true when it’s muddy. I thought about giving this post titles of “How to have a heart attack” or “Brenna falls in” or “Daddy to the rescue”, but the reality is that Daddy wasn’t smart. [...]