1. Cutting and coloring my own hair. Saves about $100/month. 2. Buying clothes at WalMart or thrift stores (everything but jeans or Mike’s work pants, because we need them to last a long time and the cheaper ones don’t). 3. Buying off-brand when possible for groceries and household items. 4. Eating out only twice a [...]
Archive > September 2008
Potty Training.
Third time is apparently a charm, because this is the third go we’ve had at it, and while the Kid wasn’t ready for the first two, he’s hitting it out of the park right now! He doesn’t go at all in his pull-ups, but is still having some trouble with nap/nighttime, because he’s still in [...]
Decisions, 2008.
1. I am taking off the first semester of 2009, then resuming in Summer to take my first Chemistry class. I will have to reapply because of that, but I won’t owe any kind of fee for reapplication. 2. By April of next year I want to find a preschool class for the Kid to [...]
Epuizat.
Studying approximately two-three hours a day this week for tomorrow’s test, and while I am solid in my knowledge of the formulas, I still have little certainty whether I will pass or fail. This entire week has been a blur and has made me question whether I need to be doing this school thing at [...]
The Kid’s eye appointment follow-up.
The doctor still can’t figure out what is causing the Kid’s eye turn. He said there is no far- or near-sightedness that he can see, but to come back in November, and he will do the final step of dilating the eyes to check more deeply (he is doing this in intervals to get the [...]
Equations.
Mike saying “You’re selling yourself short. You can do better than a ‘C’.” = me studying my butt off and finally figuring out not only how to do mixture word problems, but also how to convert a decimal into a fraction. Thank you, Mike, for being so amazing! My goal now is to get a [...]
