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Plans & Mission Re-Visited 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
As I begin this process of taking stock (again), I thought I'd take a look at the Plans & Missions I'd posted almost three years ago. I'm re-posting some of it with updates: 1-2 Year Plan: For the mo...
Attempting to Find Balance 19 Aug 2013 | 11:11 pm
I gave up even trying to update in July as I knew there was going to be no balance while we got closer to opening the musical that I was producing. We have now closed, and it's time to get back to rea...
Celebrating 10 Years of Independence 4 Jul 2013 | 08:26 pm
The Top 5 Surprises from the Last 10 Years of Single Parenthood: My kids like me, they really like me! One of my favorite things about spending the summers doing theatre with my kids is seeing them f...
Budgeting Update and Financial Guide 4 Jun 2013 | 12:44 am
Sylvia and I agreed it was worth it to make her lunch every day instead of buying the school lunch, and start saving that money towards other things. And just in time. Just spent $80 for items needed ...
A Decade of Single Motherhood 12 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
It was in May 2003 that the girls and our cat and I boarded a plane, taking us from Rochester and X to L.A., and our new lives as a single parent family. I will not deny it; that first year of single...
Budgeting Update: The Grocery Line Item 8 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
I don't think I've ever gone into detail about my grocery budget. (So what if Financial Literacy Month is over?) A few years ago, I started an excel spreadsheet that is now almost 1000 rows long of ...
Financial Literacy Month: Changing My Financial Attitude 30 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
I've been watching The Suze Orman Show for a few years now, and credit her greatly for getting me on a better financial track. So I was surprised when I found myself disagreeing with her recently. A ...
Budgeting Update: Financial Literacy Month 29 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
I've been using the debt-free Magic Little Notebook for over a month now, and the best thing I am getting out of it is how to change my attitude so that I can continue to (1) pay off my debt, a little...
Balancing Work and Single Parenting 26 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
BigLittleWolf posted about a single mom who is looking for advice on how to manage her work life with life as a single parent - without the other parent around. I don't mean to hijack her post, and I ...
Where the Boys Aren't 23 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
I generally don't enter the dance studio where Sylvia assistant teaches on Saturdays because the kids are younger, which means the lobby is full of parents and siblings. But on this day, I had to sign...
