Tag Archives: relationships

Got Friends With Talent? You’ve Got A Great Party

Last night I had the privilege of attending my friends’ second wedding, their renewal of vows after 16 years of blissful marriage.
This celebration was great not only because it was to celebrate a lasting love between two people, but also on the money side of things, was made way more affordable because of the bride’s [...]

Bad Weddings: Too Expensive to Attend

It is June, traditionally wedding month so I thought a story and writing my opinions on wedding celebrations would be appropriate.  I think friends’ and close relations’ weddings are special and treat them as such, after all I am bearing witness to the start of a couple’s new life together: I give thoughtful and useful [...]

Mother’s Day Gift Suggestions (One with an Ulterior Investment Motive)

Mother’s Day is coming up!  If you have a mom you’d like to thank this special day, why not make her something?  Cook her a nice lunch (I have posted a great recipe for Baked Tofu and Rice today) or make a card.  Yes, MAKE a card.  Even if you think you have no artistic [...]

Friends: Cheaper than Psychotherapy

Sometimes my life gets filled with too much work, my to-do lists get crazy, I have too many chores and family obligations that I crash and realize my life is out of balance.  Don’t get me wrong, these episodes don’t occur too often and I do OK for the most part.  But when it does happen I [...]

Money and Relationships: Survivor in the Workplace?

I was broke.  I had just finished my schooling and was heavily in debt, plus my husband was still in school.  I just got my first “real” job with good pay and benefits.  This job involved several months of training and I wound up in a class full of people my age or younger but in very [...]