Thankful Thursday | Almost there!
Hey everyone! I didn’t post yesterday because I spent the day studying for and taking my last regular exam (#8!). I got both the lecture …
It’s finals week
I am currently working on learning four chapters’ worth of material for a regular exam (#8 for the semester) which I need to take this …
Meet a Reader | Jenni (owner of a fake brick chimney!)
Hey everyone! We are meeting Jenni today, and the title of this post references the fact that she has a fake brick chimney in her …
WIS, WWA | (looks around sheepishly)
It’s the first week of December and shew, we sure did make up for some low spending weeks this time around! Read on… What I …
Thankful Thursday | Thank someone else
Recently, I was listening to a Huberman Lab podcast about gratitude practices, and the host (a Stanford neuroscientist, aka, more of an expert than me!) …
Q&A | How do you stay patient?
Reader Karen messaged me on Instagram with this question: How do you muster up patience and faith that things will work out, such as when …
Five Frugal Things
Howdy guys! It’s Tuesday and you know what that means: a fresh Five Frugal Things list. 1. I got some Safeway app deals I installed …
Meet a French Reader | F, from Paris
I just love it when international readers write in, offering to participate in this series; it’s so much fun to get a glimpse into life …
WIS, WWA | Black Friday edition
As usual, I am happily spending my Black Friday at my house and not at the stores. It’s not a moral high-ground thing for me…I …
A Thanksgiving Day thankful list!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers! Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday for us, so that works out quite nicely. American or not, you …
My medical memoir list + tiny reviews
As you probably already know, I have been on a serious medical memoir/medical non-fiction bender since early 2021. I adore memoirs, and I am interested …
Five Frugal Things | Thanks, past Kristen!
1. I stored my black nylons in a Ziploc bag I had a funeral to go to on Saturday (I wrote a little about it …
Meet a Reader | Julie, from Colorado
After Julie saw that last week’s interview with Dorinda was the last one in my queue, she wrote to say she’d love to participate. So, …
Yeast Roll Roundup (for Thanksgiving)
If you live in the U.S., you’ve got Thanksgiving coming up this week. And if you are going to be including rolls in your meal …
WIS, WWA | A less receipt-ful week
What I Spent Well, I have a simpler report than last week (admittedly, that’s a low standard. I had so many receipts last week!) This …