Good luck finding a domestic supplier since we’ve outsourced almost all manufacturing to China. 

The “who decides” part is important. At the end of the day, the early primaries are probably what will decide it, so we’re really stuck with whoever those states like best. No matter how much I like Kamala Harris or the policies of Elizabeth Warren, I’m in California and don’t really get to pick. 

$50,000 is a tiny drop of money to this company and will be gone by 12:01AM on Mother’s day because people will do anything for free money. So 500 people will get $100 in 6 to 8 weeks and a lot of people that don’t read the fine print will be angry at Kraft. Whoever came up with this should be ready for a little of…

I’m a little disappointed that the first recommendations are diet and exercise.

I would definitely look into a day pass. The only problem with the “cheap” gyms is they usually want your checking account info, charge an annual fee, and are very difficult to cancel. 

The gym room usually requires use of your hotel room key to get in. 

Comparing our savings to those of other people doesn’t really tell me anything about how well I’m doing. I like the “multipliers” and I’ve used several retirement calculators too. My spouse was recently concerned that our savings rate wasn’t high enough but when we did the math we’re well within expected levels. Took…

There are homes in California worth less than $50K? When was the last time that limit was updated?

Thank you, I was so confused. 

This is what I get for being behind on my blog feed. I even had cans of San Pellegrino grapefruit sitting in my kitchen. Maybe I can celebrate a belated cinco with a paloma tonight after toddler gym class.

This seems to go along with using the correct words for anatomy. My 2 year old loves to tell us that he and daddy have a penis and mommy and his sister have a vulva. But his little friend at school calls it a wee-wee and he doesn’t know why.

My 2 and 4 year olds were throwing around “ridiculous” and “preposterous”. It was adorable. The 2 year old also loves to point out his favorite dinosaur: “brachiosaurus”. Of course I also love it when they use slang back at me. A popular term in our house is “nope dot com”.

Pullups are just really expensive diapers it doesn’t do any good if the kid doesn’t feel the wetness. We followed the “Oh Crap” potty training method and they even recommend having the kid go commando because undies feel too much like a diaper. worked great for both my son and my daughter.

Postmates makes you cancel the order if there were cigarettes in it (also gift cards and lottery tickets). It wasn’t my personal choice.

Have you tried a dream pee? When we were potty training my daughter we could usually get her up for a pee when we were going to bed and she rarely had an accident after that. Kept it up for about six months.

I hated it because almost always the order included cigarettes so I had to cancel it, but I didn’t know till I got there. and the rest of the time the 7-11 wouldn’t have exactly what was being ordered so I’d end up having to contact the customer about it.

Sorry I missed it. I hope it wasn’t a partnership with doordash, they just reduce their own contribution to employee pay when the orderer adds a tip in the app. 

Also, don’t automatically start excluding them from events that include children. When word had gotten out that we were “trying and not succeeding” (thanks to my loose lipped BFF) we were no longer invited to birthday parties or baby showers. Our friend group shrank but I guess I didn’t really need those friends…

No school buses here and no full-day kindergarten. I heard from another mom today that the “after school” care at our elementary runs about $6/hour. At 6 hours a day that’s nearly as much as we’re paying for daycare. We’re quite fortunate that we have a great daycare that does the pickup so I only have to make one…

 I would love that. I’ve had father figures in my life but no one who literally filled that space. (Bio dad left before I was born, we’ve never met.) My father-in-law is the closest I’ve ever had. It’s actually really sweet when he’ll call me up out of the blue to talk football or just see how I’m doing.