Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

I said goodbye to mini-van life in January when we traded in our 2007 Honda Odyssey for a 2018 Toyota Highlander. I was also looking forward to having a backup camera and other safety features that weren’t around in 2007. We…took out a car loan. Yes, you read that correctly!

Finance 130

Finance January Family 2020 130

Motherhood Moments

MARCH 9, 2023

My first essay for East Side Monthly was published in November 2007, and my last one appeared in July 2018. Ideas came along daily: yo-yos, ukuleles, duct tape wallets, fountains pens, birthday blowouts, stargazing, hermit crabs, Little League games, and trips to Fenway and the emergency room.

Son 100

Son Rhode Island Journal Graduation 100

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

$1/1 W Foot Soap 8 pack 2015. $1/1 1/1 W Premium Box Diapers, 70 to 96 pack 2918. $1/1 1/1 Walgreens Cranberry Pomegranate Juice 64 oz. 1/1 Walgreens Saline Nasal Spray 3 oz. 1/2 Dove Chocolate Eggs, 7.94 1/2 Ferrara Belgian Milk Chocolate with Almond Nougat Bar, 3.52 1/2 Hellmann’s Mayonnaise, 22 or 30 oz. 1/2 M&M’s, 9.9 1/2 Mars Minis, 7.94

March 73

March 2011 Walgreens Monitors 73

Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 2, 2011

2007 $1/1 Afrin Nasal Spray.5 2018 $2/1 W A&D Ointment First Aid 4 oz. . $1/2 Welch’s 100% Grape Juice 64 oz. 5632 $1/1 Walgreens Cranberry Pomegranate Juice 64 oz. 5985 $1/1 Aquafina 24 pack, 16.9 5634 $1/1 Viva Paper Towels 6 rolls, 50 sheets ea. 5635 $1/1 Hefty Trash Bags 13 to 39 gal., 18 to 45 pk. or larger, AA or AAA, 8 pk.,

March 45

March 2011 Walgreens Saving 45