A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined
In the past month, I have been seeing a number of e-mails in my inbox about One Key. Apparently, this is a new rewards program that is lumping the rewards for Hotels.com, Expedia, and VRBO all together.
As a moderately enthusiastic user of Hotels.com for over a decade, I thought it might be a good idea to see what all of these changes mean for an occasional traveler.
Continue reading “Hotels.com Has Become One Key”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #247 And Friday Firsts”I usually read a lot of personal finance blogs every day. Even though many of my favorite bloggers seem to be slowing down, I enjoyed a number of great posts in July. Here are some of my favorites.
Continue reading “My Favorite Posts By Other People, July 2023”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #246, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals”Not long after the start of this blog, I cut my hours very slightly, and wanted to make sure I didn’t waste the extra time I was paying dearly for.
I had started reading about preparing for retirement in non-financial ways, and I realized that it was time to start (re-) building a life that didn’t revolve solely around medicine.
I started this series of posts at the end of October 2018 with lots of big goals, but even at the beginning, knew that I couldn’t follow all those dreams all at once. Every few months, I try to look at what I have accomplished, and see if I can adjust course to focus my free time in the directions I wish I would go: increasing fitness, building (or maintaining) connections with friends, family and community, engaging with the arts, and, lately, keeping up with financial tasks.
My last update was in late March. After taking nearly half a year to update my progress towards my goals, I started doing a little monthly wrap up, to see if that would better keep me on track.
How did I do over the past 4 months?
Continue reading “Future Me, July 2023”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Sometimes I highlight firsts (there were more in the early days of the pandemic), or wonderful features of the week. And then, on weeks like this, I give it a rest.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #245”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #244 And Friday Fabulousness”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #243, Friday Firsts, And Fabulousness”As seems to happen at least once a year, Mr. PiN and I are reconsidering our decision to run our household with just one car.
Once again, Mr. PiN had to be out of town for a family medical emergency. This time, he left the car here (he flew), but the situation was still pretty inconvenient for me. Even better, the “check engine” light came on right before he left.
Is it time, we wonder, to get a second car?
Continue reading “Second Thoughts On Living As A One Car Family”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #242 And Monthly Goals”