This morning, I read an article about women and money. I won’t link it here, but the basic point was “Women usually let the men in their lives take care of the finances, and there are things they should know.” I have to admit, I felt the whole concept was condescending, but at the same …
Is anyone else sad that the Olympics are over? I found myself watching more sports over the past few weeks than normal, like most people, I think. I think my new favorite sport is the winter biathlon. Cross country skiing combined with rifle shooting? Awesome. Ski really hard, then stop and shoot at a target. …
The office is a bit slow today, so my coworkers got into a big conversation about marriage (I think it may have started with Tiger Woods). That morphed into a conversation about family finances, and it was very eye opening. One coworker thinks that when a couple gets married, each person should put a percentage …
My uncle, a musician, wants to buy me a guitar for Christmas. I’m really excited about this – I really really would love to have a guitar. And when he asked me what I liked, I gave him some general ideas, but stressed that while I wanted something that would sound good, I’m a relative …
I admit it. I’m all about the sentimental value. So I was really excited when my sister arrived this weekend with a gift from my mom that she told me about a few months back. A couple of years ago, my mom decided to get a new wedding set. She took it in for a …