life lessons

Another Year Older…Another Lesson Learned

By: Live by Surprise

On: February 24, 2015

In: CoParenting, Divorce

With: 2 Comments

Flower is seven this year. Like most seven year old girls, she’s into dressing up and spending time with her friends. As we’ve had “friend” parties the previous two years, we decided this year that she and I would do something fun together just the two of us. We’re goingContinue Reading

Merging Households

Merging Households: 5 Ways to Make Common Financial Goals

By: Live by Surprise

On: February 11, 2014

In: Marriage, Parenting

With: 0 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. One of the failings of my first marriage was our approach (or rather lack thereof) to managing money. I admit freely that I did not have a mature understanding of budgeting, and my ex, although he was much older than I, had learned toContinue Reading