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2025 Goals Recap: The Year I Made Plans, Got Cancer, and Still Made Progress
(Plus My 2026 Goals, Because Apparently I’m Built Different) Every year I sit down, set goals, and imagine the version of myself who will effortlessly execute them. You know her. She meal preps. She runs for fun. She never impulse-buys things at Target. 2025 had other ideas. Instead of being the year everything went according…
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When Life Hands You Radiation… Write a Children’s Book and Pay Off $32K in Debt
If there’s one thing I’ve learned lately, it’s that life doesn’t slow down just because you’re healing, parenting, and adulting all at once. Between radiation treatments, budgeting spreadsheets, and trying to keep my two-year-old from riding the dog like a horse, it’s been… a season. But, as usual, I’m still here juggling it all —…
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Resurrected: My Laptop, My Hair, and My Sanity
Guess who’s back…back again… Friends, Romans, countrymen (and random internet strangers who stumbled here by accident), lend me your eyes—I’m BACK. Yes, I know, my disappearance was dramatic. No, it wasn’t because I ran off to Bali or joined a silent retreat. It was because my laptop died. A tragic, screen-gone-black, can’t-even-turn-on kind of death….
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Budgeting, Boobs, and Bloody Dog Poop: Just Another Day in the Life of a Single Mom with Breast Cancer
When I first started this blog, I had big dreams of writing witty little posts about how I was finally going to break up with paycheck-to-paycheck living and give Sallie Mae the boot once and for all. You know—single mom tackles debt with a vengeance, shares her hard-won wisdom, and maybe gets a couple of…
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Back from the Brink (and the Bathroom): Cancer, Cash, and Course Corrections
Hey friends. First off—I’m sorry for ghosting you for the past six weeks. I promise I wasn’t on vacation sipping mimosas poolside. Unless you count sipping electrolytes between vomiting and diarrhea spells a vacation. Spoiler alert: I don’t.
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Chemo, Chaos, and Casper the Ghost: A Life Update
Life lately feels like one of those sitcom episodes where everything that can go wrong does—but with fewer laugh tracks and more medical bills. Between navigating chemo, toddler tantrums, teacher appreciation marathons, and a surprise cameo from a man who ghosted faster than my willpower in a bookstore, I’ve been riding the rollercoaster with no…
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April in the Rearview: Debt, Determination, and Distracting Myself with Books
Hey, hey, friends! We made it through April! And by “made it,” I mean I survived another month of solo mom life, a never-ending financial redemption arc, and cancer treatments that make me feel like I’ve been body-slammed by a narcoleptic elephant. So welcome back to my little corner of the internet where we keep…
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Chemo, Coffee, and Cornbread: A Financially-Flavored Faith Journey
A tale of tumors, treats, trusting Jesus—and trying not to impulse-buy plants Let me just start by saying that if you had told me last year I’d be tracking tumor shrinkage and spending habits with the same intensity, I would’ve laughed you out of the budget meeting. But here I am: knee deep into a…
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Sick, Stylish, and Slightly Unhinged: Cancer Chronicles from the Clearance Rack
This week has been a tale of two extremes. On one hand, I was out here living my best bargain-hunting life—scoring big wins like a dreamy toddler toy and an entire new wardrobe without breaking the bank. Nothing like the sweet, sweet high of secondhand steals to make you feel like you’re winning at life…
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Surviving Cancer, Staying on Budget, and (Almost) Bringing Home Another Dog
Living through chemo is a strange beast. On the one hand, you’re fighting for your life, and on the other, you’re facing a whirlwind of expenses, budgeting decisions, and the temptation of impulse buys that could derail your financial plans. For someone like me—dealing with cancer treatments, mom life, and personal finance goals—it’s a constant…