Month: February 2026

This week, I am thankful: for the way my hospital cares for people One of the most touching things I see at my hospital involves incarcerated patients. More often than not, we have one or two on my unit, guards at the bedside, patients often handcuffed to the bed. The thing that is beautiful to […]

I’ve been noticing that some of you have been mentioning some delicious-sounding convenience foods from Trader Joe’s (I know I saw “TJ” and “birria tacos” in a comment!) I am not super familiar with the offerings at Trader Joe’s because I’m more of an Aldi shopper. But since I do find myself sometimes needing a […]

I personally find my Five Frugal Things posts more fun when I do something visual like a repair, or a rehab. Same goes for when I cook something, or get an interesting item for free. Shoegoo does come in black! But sometimes, frugality does involve doing the unaesthetic personal finance stuff, that kind that produces […]

My fun-money report is a little brief this month, so we’re just rolling it into a miscellany post this time. I bought a lamp with my fun money Objectively, I do not need another lamp. Please see here. and here. and here. and here. part of my fun money purchases last fall! and here. And […]

The view to my side as I type this post: What I Spent This week, I spent: $101 at Aldi $18 at Safeway And that’s $119 for me for the week. What We Ate Saturday I used a Panera gift card to get some sandwiches for Zoe and me. 🙂 A free meal + no […]

This week, I am thankful: that I am finished with shifts for the week My goodness, the shifts I worked over the last three days were really…something. Obviously, I can’t tell you about it all, but woo, I am exhausted. Normally, when I work three days in a row, I’m in a pretty good groove […]

The question mark is because I doubt I’m gonna get to five. One reason: I don’t know if I have enough material. I’m gonna be scraping the bottom of the barrel here! Another reason: I’m typing this up super quick before a work shift, so I might run out of time. But I at least […]

tired My dear neighbors volunteered to help me clear out my rather long driveway, and we also cleared out the hardened, iced-down snow that the plows left at the edges of my driveway. I’m glad it’s done now, but my GOODNESS, it was so much work. The thick layer of ice on top of the […]