Take a spin through Pinterest, and you’re bound to see no shortage of mom blogs, highlighting the ups and downs of parenthood, family recipes, and more. With Father’s Day 2022 upon us, Thrillist wanted to highlight a handful of “dad blogs” (like the one you’re reading right now) that have now started to get in…
No, it’s not just you. As if rising prices on everything from toilet paper to yogurt to coffee and snacks weren’t enough, manufacturers have been shrinking package and quantity sizes with the hopes that you won’t notice. Being dubbed “shrinkflation,” it’s taking off across the globe.
Raising one child can certainly be expensive enough (but we all know that the experience of being a parent is priceless). However, when another baby is on the way, expanding your family from one to kids can come with a whole other set of financial planning aspects that you’ll want to take into consideration before…
One of my passions is personal finance and making it relatable for as many as possible, and trying to write about and highlight information that I think would be useful. I know when I was in college, I wish I would have had half the information available as there is now. With graduation season in…
At the height of the pandemic in 2020, many Americans still sought to get their takeout fix by frequently getting food to go or getting it delivered. There’s no doubt about it. We Americans spend a heck of a lot on food. According to the USDA, in 2020 U.S. consumers spent 8.6% of their income…
I wanted to highlight a great article from Arlene Harris with The Irish Times who recently spoke with a couple of stay-at-home dads about the evolution of couples beginning to split household and parenting tasks more. As Harris points out, for the longest time, being a parent involved very gender-defined roles – moms stayed at…
Many years ago, I subscribed to Jonathan Pond’s Ponderings newsletter after having listened to a special of his on the local NPR station. I really appreciated some of the tips that he shared, and in prior blogs, I have written, have frequently cited some of his advice to share with others. This week’s newsletter highlighted…
One of the nice things about getting your haircut at your local hair salon or barbershop is that conversations can often cover a wide selection of topics, such as sports, politics, and the like. It might even be therapeutic at times. But as a recent news story out of Durham points out, it can also…
