September 27, 2019
Toxic Positivity and What I Thought Having Kids Would Be Like (versus what it’s actually like)
Before having kids, I knew a lot about parenting. I’d look at tantruming toddlers in grocery stores and scoff to my husband, “how can they LET their child scream like that? In public?” Now that I have kids, I don’t even notice when other people’s kids are ripping ears of corn off the produce section…
September 25, 2019
How My $279 Amazon Mattress Is Holding Up After Seven Years
October 29, 2021 update: It’s been NINE years and we still love this mattress. We bought this thing in September 2012 and it’s still going strong! Note: this post contains affiliate links. And now, please enjoy my original 2019 post: Oh yes, it’s Internet Mattress time. I bought this king-sized mattress from Amazon for $279 back in…
September 20, 2019
This Month On The Homestead: Vegetables, Turkeys, a Ground Hog, and Tractor Maintenance
August 2019 This series has been on hiatus the last few months because I’ve struggled with what to write. I am not a real homesteader. At least, not in the sense that folks expect when they hear the word “homesteader.” It evokes an antebellum existence of no electricity or running water, of growing and raising all…
September 18, 2019
Reader Suggestions On How To Fight the Pink Tax from Birth Control to Bras
Oh yes, we’re going there today. The “pink tax” refers to the fact that women often pay more for goods and services marketed to them. A 2018 study found that, “…women pay as much as 13 percent more for some categories of products (source: NPR).” Not cool, ladies, not cool at all. This insidious increase…
September 13, 2019
Property Tax And Other August 2019 Expenditures
August 2019 Every August, the tax gender neutral person cometh. We paid our annual property tax bill in full last month, which accounts for $8,634.29 of our August spending. This covers our 66 acre property, including the house and barn. And I have to say, while it’s a lot of money, it’s money I’m happy to spend because…
September 11, 2019
Reader Case Study: A Baby, A Freelancer, And A Marketing Manager
Mary and John live in a coastal town in northern Massachusetts with their one-year-old daughter. Mary wants a more flexible career that would allow her to spend more time with their daughter. John recently transitioned to freelancing and the couple is trying to figure out how to account for his variable income. Additionally, they’d love…
September 5, 2019
How I’m Learning To Love My Body, Find A Middle Ground, And Buy Clothes Without Regret
I was pregnant or breastfeeding for four years. Starting in March 2015, when I got pregnant with Kidwoods, straight through to April 2019, when I weaned a 14-month-old Littlewoods. There was a one-month hiatus in 2017 after I weaned Kidwoods and before I got pregnant with Littlewoods. Other than that, my body’s been in full-time…