Getting my budget put together for Madrid today. Just estimates at this stage, but oy vey! I'm glad to know that the university has the 1818 fund to help me finance this trip! Out of pocket it would be rough to do three months of research abroad. Here's hoping they approve my whole budget ( Read more... )

http://www.stateofthemarkets.com/

Every now and again, I like to click over and see how things are going on my Dad's buisness's website. Even though I don't usually understand them, my favorite part is the Daily State of the Markets report where he muses, often quite amusingly, on how things are going each day.  I'm always so proud that he stuck to ( Read more... )

Isn't it great when you find money in pants you haven't worn in awhile? Yeah, it is, except if it's foreign currency you can't use. Wah wah. Today I found €10 in my shorts pocket. Wish I could go back to Spain and spend it. *sigh. I think I'll give the money to Sammie and tell her to buy me a souvenir in France when she goes with Mom and Dad ( Read more... )

The weekend was amazing, as I knew it would be. I regret that I have so little time left for my paper, but I do not regret that I enjoyed myself all weekend and spent such great quality time with my extended family. This summer has been full of weekends and events and time with Casey and friends that I don't regret, even though they've taken me ( Read more... )

Ah life's finally calming down again after the crazy weeks of vacations, visits, and guests. It was all so amazing, and I'll probably never find the time to update about it. So, notes ( Read more... )

So I finally got around to watching the Dragonlance Movie - and it was so so bad. You can't make a half animated, half CG, 90 minute movie covering a 400 page book that's only 1/3 of a trilogy and expect it to be nearly as epic and passionate as the books. :-( It didn't seem like that fantastic fantasy story I loved anymore, it was now like a super ( Read more... )

today was kind of crappy ( Read more... )

I love giftcards - there's nothing quite like the joy of getting to buy something fun that I wouldn't necessarily buy, unless it was free money that didn't need to be recorded in my responsible budgeting excel spreadsheet! I decided today I was tired of my current underwear, and went on a spending spree on american eagle's sale page. I had fun. And ( Read more... )

I realize this is my millionth post in the last few days, and my thousandth at least about the Campbell book, but I finally FINISHED it, and liked it so much that I ordered myself a copy off Amazon using my christmas visa giftcard. What better gift could I ask for than a fabulous fabulous book on medieval England full of beautiful pictures and an ( Read more... )

Woo! We cut our electric bill nearly in HALF just by turning off the air in the living room at night. Yay for successful plans ( Read more... )