Financial Insanity … and Hope
Financially, this has been the year from Hell in the Editormum household. I still have my full-time administrative assistant job, thank God, but the freelancing work fell off dramatically this year. (Note to my current clients: Thank you! I value each and every one of you in ways you cannot begin to guess.) I have […]
Biting the Budget Bullet
Gas prices and grocery prices are killing me. Actually, it’s really that the consumer debt I’ve racked up over the years eats a lot of the paycheck. So I don’t have the wiggle room to adjust for a $40 fill-up. Or apples at $1 apiece. I had made a good-sized hole in paying off the […]
Life Moves Along
It’s funny how life keeps moving, even after violent upheavals. While I’m still dealing with the aftermath of the break-in, things are pretty much back to “normal.” “Normal” meaning that I get up in the morning, get ready, go to work at 8, get home at 5:15, fix dinner with Mom, eat dinner, help Mom […]
Aftermath
Yesterday was insane. First, I have to thank God that I have the kindest, most understanding employers on the planet. When I e-mailed my supervisor and my three principals (at 6 a.m.!) to tell them that I would be in early in the morning, but would have to leave for an unspecified amount of time […]
Robbed!
We’ve been remodeling our home this year, and we’re almost done. We started moving things back in about a month ago, and we’ve been putting things away gradually, as we finish the “punch list” of items that still need to be completed before we can fully move in. I go by the house every day […]