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Budget Update
Phew! September is here. Our monthly budget resets, and we don’t have to scrape by (at least for the first part of the month).
We reinstated our strict budget halfway through August. It was a particularly rough month because we spent $100 a week on Henry’s swimming lessons, and we essentially paid double in childcare costs. Henry’s authentic Montessori school is now in session (which we had to pay for in May), but they phase in the new children one by one, so he doesn’t start until September 10.I know I sound whiny when I talk about our budget. We are extremely fortunate to be able to send… Read More -
Register Now: Purposeful Conception
I want to hurry and squeeze in another round of Purposeful Conception: Preparing Your Mind, Body, and Life for Pregnancy before Matt and I start trying to conceive again.Because I have learned to recognize cervical mucous (thanks to Taking Charge of Your Fertility and Making Babies), I can tell that I’m ovulating right now. We decided to wait at least one cycle after my miscarriage to start trying again. Since my cycles tend to be long, I think the timing will be perfect to offer another course. I want to work through each lesson one more time before we try again.The most recent course was a lot… Read More -
Reflection & Rejunvenation: September
And with that, August is gone.
Swoosh!I want to personally thank Sunset Magazine for making their September issue a sort of “Ode to Summer” instead of making me read about Fall in the heat of August. Down here in Central Texas, summer lasts quite a while.Aside from living within a not-so-fun budget (which I’ll address later in the week), life is good. I’m gearing up for another round of Purposeful Conception. During this course, I think I want to focus on reducing stress in my life (which definitely affects my cycles). As part of that, I really want to examine the amount of complaining I do, perhaps… Read More
