Tag Archive | "money"
My Before, During, and After Story, Part 4
This is the story of our renovation, the toils and victories through a sweltering summer of blood, sweat and tears. Read all the gory details of Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Our kitchen project was finally coming to a close. Yet even now, three months since we moved back in, there are many [...]
Continue reading...Terrible Figures
Monday, January 12, 2009
I was reading headlines yesterday and saw a few news stories reporting 2.6 million American workers lost their jobs in 2008. This is just stunning, and I even thought the numbers low. I did a quick search on how many New Yorkers lost jobs in 2008, and couldn’t find an exact number (just percentages, which [...]
Continue reading...Does Money Make You Happy?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
One of my favorite frugal blogs is Common Sense With Money. The writer– a certified public accountant turned mom– is incredible with numbers, organization, and knowledge. I don’t understand half of what she says, lol, but I am learning! She has a very interesting post up today, looking at a new study that says that [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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