I don’t know about you, but lately it seems everybody wants my money: my kids, their school fundraisers, co-workers selling stuff, Newsweek (renewal), Boy Scout popcorn, political campaigns, United Way, the local NPR affiliate, and who knows who else. Since August, we’ve spent an unbelievable amount of money on our house (new furnace and air [...]
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No, you can’t have my money
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged credit, credit cards, expenses, finances, money, money management, saving, spending, stress, thrift on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Saturday school
Posted in Kids, tagged behavior, detention, dress code, fairness, high school, punishment, rules, skirts, teenage girls, The Breakfast Club on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My fifteen-year-old daughter went to Saturday school over the weekend. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the academically enriching experience the name belies. Instead, it was more like The Breakfast Club. She was serving detention time for wearing a too-short skirt to school on Monday. When she chose to wear the skirt that day, she knew it was [...]
Expectations
Posted in Family, Kids, tagged expectations, forgetfullness, housework, lunch money, mothers, parents, selfishness on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking a lot about expectations in the last few days. My family has high expectations of me and what they think I should do for them. For example: my husband expects me to remember everything that could be linked to a time or date on the calendar. It doesn’t matter to him where [...]
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