I'm certain many of the comments about non-participation apply to the Babcock-Stiners, so here's a voyeuristic look into the mundane details of our lives.
Flesh and Purple: Not Just for Michigan Homes
First of all, I'd like to say RIP to Liz's flesh and purple house. It will sooth your soul to know that the Babcock-Stiners have memorialized this color combination in their own house. Our creamsicle-orange (now faded to flesh) house has a purple door. Luckily, our shutters escaped this royal hue and are a house-flipping neutral cream.
A Tale of Two Thanksgivings
Our two Thanksgivings were especially yummy this year (my sister hosts her dinner early because John works on the holiday). John's mother made a pumpkin cheesecake that I'm still dreaming about.
A Long Weekend in the Life Of...
Jason spent the balance of the long weekend working on various school papers, leaving me to entertain myself. I engaged in minor recreational cleaning, made spinach-artichoke dip, cookies, and an almond tort, did some laundry, tried to figure out annuities, got punchy with my sister and my BFF, decided on a mid-term investment strategy for the B-S Family Portfolio, trolled Best Buy for a parking spot, and engaged in several conversations regarding Governor Spitzer's end-of-year-one accomplishments. I also continued my personal tradition of napping like a kindergartener (20 minutes every day, sleep optional).
And She's Off!
I've got to run now...spending the afternoon with some local farmers to educate them as to why they should care about providing safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for their migrant farmworkers and their families. It's hard to convince farmers to develop quality housing when immigration raids at gunpoint are occurring at said housing (and churches and schools, but I'll editorialize internally from this point forward).
Enjoy your week!
-Anne and Jason (in abstentia)
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4 comments:
Loved your post and appreciated the comment about the financial planning. Would love to chat with you offline to hear more and bounce some ideas off you.
I have been undergoing a year-long financial planning process for the B-S Family and have found it quite enjoyable. I have spreadsheets that project into the future so that we can see what happens if we spend $500 (we have more stuff to maintain) or if we invest it instead (it turns into $40,000 by 2033!). Love to chat more about it...the more ideas, the better!
Oh no! Ann, don't do it, don't send her a spreadsheet - PLEASE!
It's nice to see you on board Ann - tell your slacker husband grad school is no excuse - or at least won't be in like three weeks, right?
fun fun! Need to find time to connect on this and see what we can learn from one another!
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