I feel like I have been making a lot of decisions lately. I've also been putting off a lot of decisions. Some of them feel monumental, but they probably aren't. This is 2020, and it seems like everything is serious, and I have to take everything seriously. Not even washing my hands can be done half-heartedly. Staying home I decided to not go back to work this school year. This has been a great decision. I am now at liberty to get my kids where they need to go without also wondering ... Read More about Decisions

About 20% of the time, Spartacus (6) and Little Miss (3) get along really well. The other 80% of the time, they exhibit typical sibling rivalry: "Me Too!" "She started it!" "He hit me!" "That's mine!" "She's copying me!" Oy. We can't send them to their room because they share one (and it is nine feet square). Little Miss takes her afternoon nap in my bed so Spartacus can do quiet time alone in his room. We have one living room, and a dining room that was converted to a playroom, and there ... Read More about We Need to Move

We bought our first house in 2015. It was a 1400-square foot Craftsman built in 1925. It had three bedrooms, one full bath, and the distinction of having a half bath on the first floor -- rare in our neighborhood. We did not have a garage, and in five years have managed to have Hubster's parked car totaled by a drunk driver TWICE. We did a lot of work in five years: a new roof, water heater, radon system, kitchen reno, full bath update, and had two more kids. We've ceded our formal dining room ... Read More about A Seller’s Market