A funny thing happened the other day. I quit my job.
It came as a shock to a lot of people, and it was a little bit shocking to me, too.
It’s hard to believe I would quit my job after searching for one so desperately a few years ago, but I had a few [...]
Can I tell you? I am still in the nightmare of packing and sorting. Thank you to all who have offered to help (we will be taking you up on it!) but some things I and only I can do, and that includes sorting and deciding what to keep. After yesterday, however, [...]
Although I featured this site on my financial blog, it’s cool enough I want to talk about Kiva here, too. Kiva is an organization that handles microloans for 3rd world countries. Basically you choose an individual in a poor country to lend money to — a microloan — and then you get paid [...]
Ben goes to kindergarten next year, and we are currently in kindergarten hell. Extreme, you say? Well, it goes like this.
Last summer, I begin calling schools. “Oh, ma’am, you are wayyyy too early to look at schools! Wait until spring. Our kinder round-ups are in the spring.”
So February goes by [...]
*Note: Thanks to everyone who contributed to Steve and Sheleen and their quest to come to the U.S. Sheleen was awarded the very prestigious Ford scholarship, which is paying for her schooling, and is doing well as a university freshman on the nursing track. Steve is now employed at Medical Teams International and [...]
