Three Thing Thursday

Thing the First: I love this article over at A Practical Wedding and the series that sounds like it's going to develop from it. It's a bird's eye view of how one couple's merged finances have shifted over the years and why. I love seeing how other people run their lives!

Thing the Second: Sometimes I get bogged down in all the things I could be doing as a SAHM, and this post from The Frugal Girl about things she doesn't do was very inspiring to me. When I worked full time, I had to make concessions about what to spend my time on, and the same is true now that I'm staying home. The reality is, there is no award for Most Frugal or Most Resourceful or whatever, and it's important to focus on the things that you can and will stick with long term. Me, I don't do much freezer cooking, and I don't bake my own bread or make my own yogurt or laundry detergent, and I cloth diaper only about half the time. But I spend a ton of time with my kid and I read a couple books a week and I am learning to be a better cook, and frankly, I'm pretty happy with where my life is.

Thing the Third: This post from A Gai Shan Life was a good reminder that I am not really prepared for a disaster. We've got insurance to cover a lot of things, and we don't live in a high natural-disaster prone area, but I could do a little bit more to make sure that we have enough water per person and food that could be prepared without cooking for all of us. Mainly our disaster plan is really Get Out of Dodge, which works well in situations like a furnace going out but not so much for things like a tornado or earthquake where travel might be difficult. Something to think about.