My blog post ideas usually hit me on the head when I'm having a bit of a struggle in my life. Today's struggle was getting my kids out the door and to their school. This seems relatively straight forward in theory and I've even developed a checklist for each of my kids to complete [...]
This is Kitty And this is Kitty out enjoying nature. "Uh - looks like fireman Lego with a Darth Vader Lego cape and falling off headphones." That's what you think. Oh how wrong you are. Kitty (and Kitty is the combination of Lego man and the cat [...]
Have you ever thought of yourself as a bad mother? I know I have. In fact, "I'm a bad mother" is a like a tagline that accompanies all my parenting mistakes. Despite knowing that parenting is challenging and I couldn't possibly be expected to get it right the first time (especially as I don't research [...]
I recently did a set of spending plans for a couple that is separated. They are trying to sort of the how they are going to share parenting arrangements going forward. Their individual financial situations depend on what they decide. Are they going to share parenting or is one parent going to be designated the [...]
When I was growing up, I was always told that I was responsible for paying for my own university education. My parents wanted me to go to university, but they also wanted me to start learning how to be financially independent. Actually, I’m not sure if it was a conscious decision on their part to [...]
I keep a file with half started blog posts and today I was searching around for a post to finalize and I opened this one: “Working From Home with Kids” and surprise surprise, it was blank. I think that says it all. It is challenging to work from home when your kids are home [...]
Does salary level determine the worthiness of a job or a person? I think most of us would say “NO WAY!” including myself yet actions and behaviour speak louder than words. When I was earning a decent salary (actually some would have probably considered it indecent), for my age people treated me differently. They seemed [...]