Pregnancy Update – 17 weeks
I'm about 18 weeks pregnant, so I figured it was high time to see a doctor. I would have loved to see a midwife, but as they're not allowed to deliver babies in hospitals in this area (and there are no birthing centers), and Josh has a thing against homebirth...
Life Lesson #583 – God, Prayer, and Doors
Ahem. If you pray for God to direct your path/make your decision obvious/shut the doors He doesn't want you to go through, then it only makes sense to see shut doors as the answer to your prayers. Josh did not get the Boston job. While we were waiting to hear from...
Meet-and-Greet Monday
Heya. (I'm Midwestern. I can't say "Hey y'all", as much as I'd love to. So you'll have to settle for "Heya.") (But actually, I'm in Missouri right now.) HEY, Y'ALL. (That felt goooooooooooood) So, yeah, we're in Missouri. And for those of you who don't follow me on...
Meet-and-Greet Monday
The kids and I are leaving on the train this Thursday for Missouri again, this time for Christmas. Josh is headed out the same day for Boston. We decided not to spend the $600 for Olivia and my ticket to fly to Boston with Josh. We chose the $22 train ticket to...
Reducing the Cost of Birth and Babies: Part Two – Babies
In Part One, I introduced a few ideas on how to reduce the cost of a birthing experience. Now I'd like to share what I know about how to actually afford to bring the baby home. The main way to save money in this area is to change your frame of mind when it comes to...
The Lengths To Which My Husband Will Go…
To make me look up from a Twilight book.
Meet-and-Greet Monday
*Stretches arms, blinks, and looks around* Good morning, Interwebz! I hope you have not missed me too terribly. It's not entirely my fault, you know. I've only recently emerged from a vampire-induced coma. Yep, in less than a week, I read all four books - one of them...
How to Lower the Cost of Birth and Babies: Part One – Birth
I received this email from Sarah today and thought that maybe, just maybe, there might be more than one of you out there with the same questions so I'm going to share my limited expertise in this area with all of you. My husband is also a "perpetual grad student," and...
Meet-and-Greet: It’s Still Monday…
Hey all, so I got out the ol' camera card and put a whopping four - count 'em: F-O-U-R - pictures on my computer from the last week. And of those four, I only took one. And it was of dinner tonight. Last week, I was pretty much feeling my worst. Exhausted,...
About That “Safe to Say” Business…
Remember when I told you it was "safe to say" the Boston door had closed? Because they told us they'd contact him within a week if they wanted that final face-to-face interview. And we'd never hear from them again if they didn't. And a week went by. And another week...