by Jeannie Rodriguez | Sep 14, 2020 | Family
I read a book last year that I may have changed my life. It is called “Simplicity Parenting” by Kim John Payne and Lisa Ross, and it’s sooooo good. The premise is that kids (and adults) are stressed out by having too many choices and too much stuff. Not to...
by Jeannie Rodriguez | Aug 20, 2019 | Family
I remember the wonderful days of shopping with my young daughter before she realized that buying things from the store was an option. Once she figured out we could buy things and take them home, I was often asked “Can we buy this?” while on errands. Between navigating...
by Jeannie Rodriguez | Mar 22, 2019 | Spend Wisely
By Jeannie Rodriguez | Dr. Budgets Recently, I watched the entire series of “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” on Netflix (along with seemingly everyone else in the world) and I was inspired! One by one I watched as Marie Kondo helped people to transform their...
by Jeannie Rodriguez | Aug 26, 2018 | Family
By Jeannie Rodriguez | Dr. Budgets There was a time when my daughter was around one year old that I started spending a lot of money. For a period of a few months, our expenditures were growing by a couple hundred dollars each month. I could justify pretty much all of...
by Jeannie Rodriguez | Mar 25, 2018 | Health and Wealth
By Jeannie Rodriguez | Dr. Budgets Sometime after we were engaged, Daniel and I were talking about how we pictured our future together, and he told me that eating together at home as often as we could was very important to him. He said that growing up, he didn’t have...
