That’s what I have now. For the kind of situation that I am actually in now compared to when I set things up, I don’t have enough assets to interest somebody with the right qualifications.

Done that. Nobody can help me in my circle. What I am getting from my experience is that Canadians who live and work globally are a rare breed. Soon as I mention that I have tax questions because I’m a Canadian who works for US clients while living in Mexico, everybody’s brain explodes. I know there is such thing as…

Nope. I am in that problem right now that I need help from somebody that won’t help somebody who as unwealthy as I am. But the people I can afford aren’t competent to handle my crazy situation. It’s no wonder it’s so hard to break out of the paycheque to paycheque lifestyle when it’s so expensive  to get the financial…

I had a chat recently with advisor that I have worked with for the last 12 years. He informed me that I have managed to make my financial situation is so complicated that he can’t help me anymore. He also told me that I can’t afford anyone to help me as I apparently have rich people problems on a pauper’s income — I…

My dad’s favourite joke. What happened to the two peanuts who went for a walk? One got a-salted.

I just don’t get the people who buy a Ferrari and then take it into the Honda shop to get it fixed. I’m sorry you had to learn that lesson the hard way.

THIS.

I use my rolling pin.

I just moved to an iPhone XR. I thought I was going to miss having a real home button, so I immediately set up a virtual home button. Turns out that I got over not having a real home button in about a 10th of a second. But I love having that little virtual button in all apps that has the ability to set up various…

Two more things to keep on hand for a power emergency are a solar charger for a car battery and a small wattage inverter that can plug into a car’s 12V outlet. The car battery can recharge a laptop like a MacBook Air and a phone like an iPhone multiple times without completely discharging. I have run my office off my…

“But it only takes a few minutes to chop up a whole bunch of vegetables! You only have a one hour commute so you’re not getting home that late! You can’t afford to be eating pre-cut up vegetables! Be smarter!”

I just replaced my iPhone 6 with a XR. I wanted a larger display, a faster processor, and to get closer to the current technology, like having Face ID. The New SE was appealing for the price, but I wasn’t going to get a larger display. The XR seemed like a really good compromise for getting into the more modern…

But throw them in the freezer and finding the curry a month later is like winning the lottery!

I can’t stand eating the same thing more than once or twice in a week. So I am usually making a fresh dinner at least four or five nights a week, unless I’m making something that freezes well. I don’t really think about it. I enjoy cooking, I enjoy trying new recipes, and I’ve been cooking for myself for more than 20…

Thanks for asking! I put the following into my Vitamix in this order:

I had an epiphany a few years ago. My mother came to visit me for the first time at my home in Mexico for just four days after not seeing me for years. All she could think to do during that time was to continue the food policing and food shaming that she had done all my life because her mother had done it all her life…

I’m white and don’t understand them at all either. I come from a very insular world where everyone thinks the same and pretty much looks the same and doesn’t question anything. :-/

OMG Chef John just posted his idea of a taco recipe. It actually could visually pass as a taco you might find here, but made with “white” ingredients (except for the jalapeños). I was just so sad that he went with a wheat tortilla instead of corn. But yay, I now have a white person making something that actually looks…

I love All Recipes. It is my go-to place to find a recipe to go with whatever new ingredient I picked up.

In theory, my life is perfectly normal right now. I’m deeply introverted and almost never go out — I work from home and have everything delivered as a matter of routine. Add in that my area has been proactive about this whole thing and we’re just about through the worst of it without having seen the worst of it. But…