Probably the most interesting thing to happen around here in the past few weeks (besides birthdays, which really aren’t mine to tell anymore) is my new income stream as an Uber driver. If you haven’t heard of Uber yet (or Lyft, or Sidecar), it is a ride-sharing service. Uber provides an interface and payment system […]
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Mabon Reflections
Today is Mabon, the celebration of the fall equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. The world sits at the balance between the summer half of the year and the winter. Now the days begin to grow shorter, the nights longer. Now we reap the fruits of the harvest, the corn and the wheat, the apples […]
And the Beat Goes On
I’m definitely getting into the “overwhelmed” part of the cycle of life around here. Adding up the expenses for Tamara’s cheer group just gets crazier and crazier: $70 for a uniform, $30 for regionals, $69 for nationals, $1200 to get the van road worthy, $250 for the timeshare exchange, probably $1500 for gas and hotel/camping […]
The Grocery Budget
I’m going to continue forcing the discussion of money by focusing on the grocery budget today. We all have to eat, so food is a necessary expense for everybody, right up there with housing and clothing. Some families manage to survive by what seems like magick to me, on very little money, clipping coupons and […]
Money
We love it, and we hate it. We need it, and we wish we didn’t. It is a necessary medium of exchange and an unfortunate target of vitriol. We’re never supposed to talk about it, and so we live our lives only able to speculate about what kinds of financial management are behind the lives […]