Or, why I chose to blow up my housing budget and go with a fancy condo as my new residence. Looking for housing is tough in the best of times and we are far from the best of times right now. Housing prices are at an all-time high and inventory is at some of the lowest levels […]
Monthly Status Report: July 2019
Disclaimer: some links may be affiliate links. They help offset the cost of keeping this blog running! Why do I do a monthly status report? I find it best to do a monthly status report for a few reasons. It helps me evaluate how I did the previous month. Did I hit a target reduction in spending or did I go way over budget for […]
New Place, New Me.…… Nah
I recently moved into an apartment of my own. The last time this happened was 4.5 years ago! I’ve had roommates on and off through the years. My first two years of college I had a roommate. I had many roommates when I was in the Air Force (59 other women for 2 months!). The first place I lived after college was […]
A Moving Experience
I am officially all moved to Washington DC! This time around, I did a kind of hybrid move and boy am I glad I did. I tried out a new company called HireAHelper and I’m pretty sure it’s the only reason my body isn’t 100% of the way dead. This whole endeavor came to be rather quickly. After finding out I didn’t get […]
I Like to Move It
Major brownie points if you read the title and immediately started singing the song by Reel 2 Real. You get even more brownie points if you actually knew who sang the song before reading this! Despite that epic opening, I’m not the biggest fan of mid-90’s rap songs. shocker Nope. Instead, I like to move. You know, the […]
Awful Beautiful Life
I tell you what, when it rains IT POURS. Fortunately in my case I’m in a downpour of all good things. My problem (not that I really have a problem) is that EVERYTHING is hitting all at once. It’s an overwhelming mix of tons to do with lots of time I can’t do anything. I’m not doing anything at work […]