It was the rudest of awakenings, hearing the screen of our bedroom window—our third floor bedroom window—being rattled violently in the middle of the night. I leapt out of bed and raced over, fearing one of our cats—Bonnie Agnes or Boots Louise—was nudging the screen loose and might soon be falling three stories. Sure enough, […]
Financial Peace: How Tony Bear and I Got Our Finances Back on Track
If only… “If only we had more money.” Just ten years ago, I was saying that line on a weekly basis since there was always more week than money. That all changed when Tony Bear and I gave Financial Peace a chance. Dave Ramsey to the rescue Financial Peace is a program (and a book*) by […]
Learning to Read Again: 8 Tips for Getting Back in the Books
(by Sarah Eshleman) After resigning from teaching two years ago, I could no longer run from the mounds of books I had collected over the years in hope of reading one day. It was my dirty secret: I taught writing classes for seven years and earned an MFA, but I was still no good at […]
On the Homefront: Catching Up Is Hard to Do
Basement Repair Guy: Why did you wait so long to call? Me: Because I thought our foundation might be cracked and it would cost $30,000 to fix. Basement Repair Guy: “So your husband Shop-Vac’d 90 gallons of water off your basement floor every time there was a hard rain? For 20 years?” Me: (hanging head) […]