Fired for Now: Getting fired, laid off, and hired again

If any of you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you may have noticed that this past week or so I’ve been rather quiet. That’s because my free time lately hasn’t been so free.

In the past month, I’ve been preparing my house to take in a renter in my basement. And it seems lately every evening and weekend is being spent clearing out over 20 years of living and getting it reading for the next 10. That’s a lot of clearing out to do. And a … Continue Reading

It is such an enormous decision that I’ve been coming to it slowly. But I realize now I can’t avoid making it. I’m going to sell my house. Of course, I’m lucky to own a house. Well, me and the bank. And that’s the problem.

I moved into this house when I was pregnant with my first child. This past fall, my third and youngest began university. With that much time passing, you’d think I’d be in pretty good financial shape vis a vis housing. After all, that’s a lot of … Continue Reading