I had been feeling the push to get out and exercise, so last year, for my birthday, I wanted only one thing....a Nike+ Sportband. #1 had one...

Two bads, three goods, folks....Away we go! Bads Had to do a timed three-mile walk today, so while #5 was having soccer practice, I we...

There has been a young man in our house who has been wearing unlucky shoes. I know, tragic, huh? I didn't realize they were unlucky, I m...

image: blaine.org "I Have a Daughter who knows the art of spinning straw into gold" (Zelinsky 1996:9). These are words taken...

Oh how I LOVE back to school shopping! Last year, we tried a new system . We did a repeat this year, but we tweaked it just a littl...

I'm learning to tweak the system in new ways. Ways that'll help us be on top of our game at the end of the month. image c...

Little by little we're gathering it all back together. After taking the blow of the stolen purse in March, things are still ha...

Life is just amazing! If you read this post , you know that I've had some struggles lately. The month started out so bleak financially,...

I've been putting this post off, but I need to write it so I can document the mistakes and successes from this past month.  In other wor...

Right off the bat, I HAVE to thank those who have commented on past Envelope posts both here and on facebook.  Thank you for taking the ti...