It seems that birds of a feather do flock together. Or maybe every 30-something mom in this world is rethinking, retooling and reshaping her life. Either way, I’m blessed to be surrounded by incredible women — like Christine and Abby – who have taken risks to follow a creative passion that they can’t ignore. So I couldn’t [...]
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Ellen Cross: Singer/Songwriter, Mom and Friend
Posted in The Goals on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
All Talk, No Action
Posted in The Goals on January 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When my husband Dave and I started dating, it was pretty clear, pretty quickly that we were coming to the table with different philosophophies and working knowledge about money. For starters, his family talked extensively about saving, investing and budgeting. Mine? Not so much. Even our work pattern through college was evidence of our differences. My husband spent every [...]
This is me (coming clean).
Posted in The Goals on January 4, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Every year, just as December comes to a close, the weight of the month’s gift-buying and grocery-shopping and last-minute-thing-before-the-party-starts-/family-arrives-/school-ends-acquiring begins to crush me. My heart palpitates, I breathe faster, I can’t sleep, and I feel totally out of control. What’s strange about this is that during the other eleven months of the year, I am a complete and total spendthrift. [...]