Payday

Today, birds are chirping.  Angels are singing.  The sun is shining.  And is that a rainbow, I see?  It could be because….  IT’S PAYDAY!
I don’t know if everyone gets this excited about paydays, or if its just me, but paydays are awesome.  I think this comes from the fact that for three years, Chris and [...]

Are You There, American Express? Its Me, Katie.

Yesterday I made the big girl decision to change my financial feeding frenzy by living by the 10 Commandments of Finanical Happiness.  Commandment #1 read:  Thou shall quit using thy American Express card “for the SkyMiles.”
What a great plan!  That is, until I got home and saw my mail.  There in the mix of [...]

Gym Rat

I have done the unthinkable, the unimaginable, the unexplainable. I have joined a gym.  That’s right.  I’m paying money to sweat.  I am trying to think of something funny or clever to say about it, but I am at a complete loss for words.  Horror has taken over my body and I have no words.
But [...]

And Now the Fun Must End

Yesterday was a great day. Sun shining. Children laughing. Hair cooperating. And then I came home and the skies opened up and rained on my parade. Waiting for me in my mailbox was our mortgage payment book. For those of you who have not chosen yet to go into [...]

Here Comes the Bride, Again, and Again, and Again…

‘Tis the season of bridal showers, three-tiered cakes, and crying flower girls.  Last week alone we received four invitations to weddings and one invitation to a shower.  Now, I love weddings.  Any excuse to get all dolled up, cry in public, and eat bacon wrapped scallops and cake is fine by me.  But, come on [...]