The Abundant Wife

On April 18, 2011 I received a medical bill for $99.92 from our hospital in Minnesota.  It was a bill for services rendered on May 5, 2010.  Yes, you read that correctly.  The bill arrived almost a full year after the services were rendered.  The bill stated that payment needed to be made in full […]

Are you noticing a theme here?  Yes, you are correct.  The 10-year-old car that blew a tire two weeks ago, and needed all four dry-rotted tires replaced, needed to be towed this week.  It apparently had something to do with a broken shifter cable.  Nothing a “little” $200 couldn’t fix. But how were we going […]

First, I will issue a disclaimer: I am not an expert on tires.  But today I had to find a good deal on tires.  Our second car (the one we’ve been thinking of selling for some time now) blew a tire, and the mechanic informed us that the other three were dry-rotted as well.  He […]

Today, someone called the house looking for William.  Since my husband doesn’t go by that name, I immediately assumed it must be a telemarketer.  I reluctantly accepted the phone call, and was soon intrigued. The caller, a representative from Verizon, had noticed that in the past few months we had only used about 200 minutes […]

One of the ways I save money is by cutting our family’s hair!  Naomi has been my willing (and sometimes unwilling!) guinea pig in this hair-styling journey.  She is a typical active toddler, with very straight hair.  Her bangs, which I first cut at 14 months, have become too thick and have begun to dominate […]