This past week, my family, along with many of our fellow Americans, received our first payment in the Advance Childcare Tax Credit.
We were excited to see it appear in our bank account and right away my husband and I...
I don’t know what I’m doing. There. I said it… Are you happy, world???
This dad’s life is basically a series of hot messes that I’m desperately trying to contain with Kirkland brand disinfecting wipes. Shout out to Costco for...
Look, I am no financial expert. My husband hasn't worked at a for-profit organization since his teenage days in the Wal-Mart technology department. He was a total stud, I wish I had known him then.
Recently I paid our mortgage...
Your home office is a breeding ground for paper.
It seems to multiply overnight causing the piles to close in around you.
It doesn’t have to be this way. I will share with you my learned insight about paper clutter. I’m...
Money can be a sensitive topic, am I right?!
But, it doesn't always have to be, especially when it comes to guiding and teaching our children. While I don’t think it’s necessary to divulge every detail of our finances to...
Like so many others, my small business shut its doors on March 16, 2020, and has yet to reopen. The two blurry months that followed have been full of uncertainty, desperate searches for guidance from the state, application after...
My husband always says that “Vermont is the greatest exporter of young people'' and now we’re living it. Even though we make a decent income, we’re finding we can’t afford to live here anymore. My family has been priced...
My husband works for the federal government. When mention of a government shutdown due to the inability of Congress to agree on a budget starts circulating, we pay close attention. News related to this event becomes monumentally important. We...
After a short writing hiatus, yours truly is back. Did you miss me while I was gone?
Speaking of "being gone" my 7 year old son burst into tears a few weeks ago right before bed saying that he was...
It’s 12:51 p.m. on a Tuesday. The kids are finishing up their lunch and my husband's car is rolling in the driveway. He is fresh off of a 9-hour shift at work and has been up for 12 hours....
Food insecurity, or the lack of resources, often financial, to acquire nutritious food for every meal on a consistent basis, impacts one in ten Vermonters. The federal government sponsors an entitlement program, known as food stamps or the supplemental...
My student debt has me trapped, and I’m paying for a degree that I don’t even use.
I just had a birthday, and each year as I inch closer to 35 I think about my dreams. I review the plans...
Party planning is not what it used to be. Back in my own 1980s birthday party heyday we played games like Drop the Clothespin in the Jelly Jar and passed out home-popped popcorn in brown paper bags as favors....
Before we moved to Vermont, my husband and I had our holiday schedule streamlined. When we had kids, we decided that we would not run around and try to see everyone on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We...
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The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...
