Homemade chocolate pudding rocks. Must make again!
Archive for July, 2009
Pudding
Posted in food on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in finances, household on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nursing a newborn is a tremendously time consuming task. Thankfully, a laptop and many trips to the library for books help me utilize this time.
I have recently branched out and added the following blogs to my blogroll:
Economist Mom
Escape from Cubicle Nation
Frugal Dad
Wall Street Journal: Digits
Wall Street Journal: The Wallet
A couple of articles caught my [...]
Student Loan
Posted in finances, household on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yippee!!!
One student loan paid off!! (one to go)
After some deliberation about six months ago, we decided to get really aggressive with our student loan payments. After years and years of paying, we were just sick and tired of having these payments.
We actually reduced the amount of money being withdrawn into my retirement account and have [...]
Get the Look
Posted in household on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Washington Post, July 23, 2009, Terri Sapienza
White floors create a nice foundation for furniture to rest on
Paint different rooms in variations of one color
Freshen rooms with painted furniture
Stay away from formal, fussy fabrics
Group like items together
In the kitchen, leave bare wall space for found objects
When arranging furniture, start with one large, quality investment
Avoid a neutral [...]
Posted in life on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am constantly cutting out articles from the newspaper. What inevitably happens is that the articles then pile up, and I eventually throw them out.
Trying a new strategy today. Going to document what I think is interesting out of the article on the blog, and then throw the paper away.
Article on procrastination from Washington Post, [...]
EAT THE FROG!!!
Posted in life on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just do all of those icky, yucky things that you don’t want to do first!!
Got them off of the list. Clean it out, move along, do what it takes.
Have a bit of self-discipline!
Just finish them!!
Self-Pity
Posted in life on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Self-pity is an ugly, ugly thing that must be constantly guarded against.
Decisions, Decisions
Posted in household on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Because what you need to do days before having a baby is to decide to paint every interior wall in the house.
Totally Awesome Woodworking
Posted in crafts on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My totally awesome husband made this wooden box for our niece whose birthday is in a couple of weeks. –countless hours of scroll saw work for the cross
It is for her special treasures.
