May 2026
Archive (3)
When our fixed electric rate expired and quietly jumped
Our 12-month contract ended and the rate rolled to 12.4 cents. How I caught it on the May bill and shopped again in an afternoon.
A lower-maintenance front yard
Fewer annuals, more hostas and daylilies, and a lot of mulch. How I made the front beds easier to keep up for the next 20 years.
Josh's graduation weekend and the bill nobody mentioned
Hotel rates in Cincinnati, the family dinner for nine and the parking. What a college graduation weekend really cost us.