We have many animals, and I’m sure you’re all wondering, “How do you come up with names for all those critters?” Let the curiosity end here! All of the animals Kayla and I have bought together have one naming convention in common; they’re all named after items in the Barenaked Ladies song If I had …
In our circle of friends, RISK has always been our excuse to get together and hang out, usually for absurdly long game sessions. One complaint we always had was that the countries on the RISK board were often too small to accommodate large armies (of plastic game pieces). At the time, we had a hand-me-down …
Finding furniture for our house can sometimes be a real chore. I have already mentioned Seth’s penchant for picking up nearly anything off of the curb and bringing it home. But one topic upon which we can have an especially difficult time agreeing is when it comes to upholstered pieces like couches and chairs. Kayla …
I was listening to a morning radio show on my way into work a couple of days ago, and they were talking and laughing about when they lie to their spouse about their spending. I wish I was joking. They didn’t call it lying of course. One of the hosts was talking about her “shopping …
This post is an alert for all of you world travelers (or would-be world travelers) out there. You may or may not have seen posts like this floating around sometime this year: The U.S. Virgin Islands Will Actually Pay You To Visit In 2017 I saw this crop up at the end of 2016 and …
Strap yourselves in folks, because this is another long post about how we manage our money. At the start of the year, we were feeling frustrated because it felt like we were working really hard but never felt like we were “getting ahead” financially. To combat that, we started keeping track of our net worth. …
When I think of someone I can depend on, I think of Kyle G. George. Kyle earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology with minors in Chemistry, Conservation Biology, and almost Captive Wildlife Management from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, but I learned just what an asset he is to have on your …
For all of you wondering how our upstairs renovation is coming along, the answer is: slooooowly. After all, we can only work on the weekends most of the time, but progress is being made. We’ve shared the overall plan with you in this post, and the last progress picture you’ve seen was in this post. …
In honor of Earth Day, I wanted to take a time out to talk about climate change. This is not a post designed to teach you about the facts of climate change, so whether or not you think climate change is real, it would be appreciated if you read this post through to the end. …
This is a joint post. We figured it might be fun to share some of the things we disagree about and get some outside opinions on the matter. Today we’re going to discuss flooring options (for our upstairs renovation, but also just in general). Kayla’s opinion is in blue, and Seth’s is in green. Seth …
