Posts by oiseau

Hey!! Welcome!! Come on over to the Not Mama Yet Tribe...we're in various stages of trying to figure out the answer to this exact question. Also, the mamas in the Frugality & Finances subforum are really good at looking at...

I currently live in Northern Silver Spring (the area that is considered Silver Spring is HUGE...I'm a good 5mi. N of the beltway and I could go a few more miles N and still be in the Silver Spring zip code) and I do a lot of errand...

You know, I'd never really thought about it that way before, but you guys are totally right about the whole stigma around planning for future parenting. It seems like mentioning it more than once or twice gets you labeled as crazy and...

I can access it. I don't think I've ever posted there, but it seems like I'd be able to just fine. It just lists it as Private (for me...not sure if this is the same problem the OP is having).

Sometimes it shows up as Private for me, even when I'm logged in (it says "Private" in the second column...the one that says "would you be upset, posted by..." on the screen-grab posted by limette above). If I click on the subforums,...

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeyscience  I can honestly say I have no advice on when "the time is right," because I've been TTC since dh and I married, more or less, and because I believe that life is never going...

When I got a blender and started making smoothies last year, it took me a long time to find a plain yogurt I liked. I'm used to pretty sweet stuff too and I was trying to cut back on sugar in the smoothie (I actually don't add any...

Hi Azadehhast!! Welcome! I have dreams of homesteading at some point, though it'll probably end up being rather suburban homesteading (unfortunately). I've suggested PEI a few times as a possible place to live (solely because of Anne...

COL in my town is about 120, median household income is 74K and a house is about 400K. My fiance and I keep our finances separate, but I think combined, we make about 70K last year which is the most we've ever made (and involved him...

I also never got the email. I got the link for the Jan/Feb digital issue awhile back, but I haven't gotten any emails since then. A close friend of mine recently subscribed to the digital edition (in Jan. sometime) and she also hadn't...