Or, What I’ve Learned in 2 Years of Being a Work-at-Home Mom. I’ve worked from home in some capacity for five years and quit my day job two years ago this month. I’m working less and earning more than I did in that day job, plus I don’t have to leave the house when it’sRead the whole post >>
Finding a New TV Show Mike & I have similar taste in TV (except he likes animated shows more than I do). Our favorite shows to watch together have been : The West Wing & Newsroom – funny, smart, heart-warming! Arrested Development & Flight of the Conchords – funny, quirky! Ugly Betty – so funnyRead the whole post >>
Surviving your Spouse’s PhD Program
This past summer marked the end of five years my husband spent in a doctoral program, which was preceded by two -and-a-half years in a Master’s program. For almost all of the first eight years of our marriage, Mike was pursuing academic degrees. (And we met when he was pursuing his first Master’s. You know, the one he gotRead the whole post >>
It’s been a whopping four months since I set goals for myself. Four months of upheaval and packing and house hunting and packing and moving and unpacking and getting settled. And here we are. Exhale. Because I need to set goals in order to move forward (is this a major flaw? TBD), let’s resume the publicRead the whole post >>
My goal for 2015 was routine. Not routine in the sense of boring sameness, but routine in a way that our days and weeks have a predictability to them that helps me to fit in my desired habits as well as helping the boys to know what to expect. They both thrive from routine andRead the whole post >>
Moving can be a logistical nightmare, but I’m pretty pleased with how our recent move from Ohio to Massachusetts went so I wanted to share a few things I learned in the process. Understanding our options All of our moves prior to this had been pre-kids and just within the same state, so we always rentedRead the whole post >>
Why I Signed Up I’ve been wanting to sign up for Stitch Fix for quite some time: I don’t like shopping I hate trying stuff on at the store They got petite sizes this spring! I have little fashion sense -so paying someone to pick stuff out for me? I’m there! I hadn’t signed up because IRead the whole post >>
(And it still took me three tries to spell the state name correctly.) We are close to done with the unpacking and organizing stage (only two days after move in! This is what happens when you get rid of half of your stuff, I suppose). Living out of our suitcases for 3 weeks between leases, packing andRead the whole post >>
We’re in the midst of a long distance move to Massachusetts this month (in the nomadic portion of our move – we moved out of our apartment a week ago, but don’t move in to our new apartment for 10 more days – shacking up with family here in Ohio). We challenged ourselves to seeRead the whole post >>
What a summer it’s been! It’s been full and hectic and wonderful and stressful all at once. Theo turned one, the boys had a joint birthday party, Mike is getting his PhD this Saturday, we traveled to Toronto, and we’ve been married 8 years today. Trying to soak up as much Ohio-ness as we canRead the whole post >>
