Parenting Blog
on October 26, 2015 at 1:22 pm ×
OWTK is a brand ambassador for TracFone’s #TracFoneFamily campaign. All opinions expressed below are honest and unbiased, as always. These kinds of conversations simply don’t happen. Frankly, there have been disturbingly few conversations between my brother and I over the past several years, but the ones we have had were […]
Parenting Blog
on August 28, 2015 at 9:12 am ×
We don’t live in the 9th Ward. We don’t live in New Orleans, near the Gulf of Mexico, or within miles of a body of water of any note. And yet, a short while after Hurricane Katrina struck a decade ago, pummeling NOLA and the Gulf Coast like Ronda Rousey […]
Parenting Blog
on March 4, 2014 at 12:04 pm ×
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for #CollectiveBias and its advertiser. The Top 3 Times I Needed a Walgreens Healthcare Clinic Philadelphia are all panic-y situations resulting in odd-hour visits to the ER, […]
Parenting Blog
on February 24, 2012 at 8:07 pm ×
What do we know about kids and their clothing? They grow out of stuff in the blink of an eye. They get their threads incredibly dirty. They want to wear only their favorite ensembles. With these facts in mind, here’s my quick & easy kid clothing strategy going forward: Buy […]
Parenting Blog / Travel
on February 3, 2012 at 3:07 pm ×
Credit card debt is FUN! No, no it’s not. It sucks eggs. I should know. I’ve had major issues with plastic debt. Ten years ago, I was nearly $20,000 in the red with Discover, American Express, and some random Visa card (probably those predators at Capital One). Even as recently […]
Invest in Childhood
on January 10, 2012 at 11:22 am ×
*This article has also appeared on The Huffington Post, with slightly more commentary from others I reckon. A few housekeeping things right off the bat: The below stance has nothing at all to do with the validity of college savings plans themselves; the investments, management fees, etc. The opinions expressed […]
Parenting Blog
on January 5, 2012 at 11:59 am ×
We did it. We finally did it. And not because anyone asked either. It felt like the right time to us. That’s why, effectively immediately, the Bear will be getting $3 per week, the Mouse $1. It is important to note that neither child must earn the money, not exactly […]
Frugal Fun For Kids
on November 8, 2011 at 10:24 am ×
Halloween 2012 is almost here. Okay, not really. But the deals on costumes and accessories might be too good to pass up. The savings on Halloween digs might be too attractive to turn away from even though it’s 350+ days in advance of the next time it’ll be acceptable to […]