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Having a child is expensive, I’m sure many parents out there would attest to that. One of the biggest humps to get through for adoption is cost. We have been pretty open about cost here on the blog, but one of the things we left out is the…
(See part 1 here) Adam and I were exhausted from sorting the day(s) before but our excitement and anticipation for the sale to start left us both with racing minds. After maybe 4 hours of sleep we awoke before the sun with a 4:00am alarm. We jumped out…
For the month of April, Kristi and I decided to try out a little experiment. We wanted to go a whole month without eating out. This was very ambitious of us because over the past 12 months, our average amount spent on eating out was $200 per month. The reason…
As many of you know today is the start of Bloomington’s spring Citywide Curb Cleanup weekends. It is an opportunity for Bloomington residents to throw out items on their curb for the city to come pick up for free. There are a lot of people who “scavenge…
We are gearing up for a spring garage sale! It will be held the weekend: May 19th-May 21st. We are so grateful to our friends who are allowing us to use their three car garage! Our stuff tends to pile up around us and spring is a great time…
We have nearly completed our month off. I say “off” and mean that last month was the first time in 11 cycles that I have not been medicated in one form or another with fertility meds. After our meeting with Dr. Campbell he explained that it would be…
There are so many appointments I have each month. At “high time” I had four out of seven days with a blood draw or ultrasound! Inconvenient but necessary would be how I describe it. Nurses and doctors all in your business, poked, prodded and pushed in an attempt…
Adam and I were married in Hutchinson, MN on December 15th 2012. It was cold and half of our guests left after the ceremony since a blizzard was honing in on Hutch. It was a beautiful night with plenty of food and friends. I was still in college at the…