How love starts: Husband and I
Husband and I have been on a serious Spring Cleaning kick these past few months. Those of you who’ve been coming to #IdeaPotluck, you know what I mean, you lucky ducks Read more…
Our (bartered) wedding in pictures
UPDATE: The wedding was spotlit in the Chicago Tribune. Our September 1st, 2013 almost 100%-bartered wedding in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago… a day of Best Decisions, ending with the best Read more…
How to win at dating
Dating. It’s the best. It’s the worst. It makes you feel alive. It makes you feel like crap. I can’t get enough of it. Conversations about deal breakers, pet-peeves, activities, Read more…
Having to buy your Cabbage Patch Doll on layaway, being bald, & getting fired don’t doom you for life
Business plan? Capital? An MBA? Rich-folk/political connections? Skinny-thighs? You don’t need no stinkin’ business plan, capital, MBA, connections, or skinny-thighs. Nine years ago I got fired, had none of above Read more…
Our wedding vows: disaster, Wordsworth’esque, somewhere inbetween?
Note: “Petaya” is “Pete” and “Saya” smooshed together. #petaya was the hashtag we used for our wedding. We went to a wedding last night. I read Ten Ways I Trimmed $21,000 Off Read more…
Our fairytale $24K wedding for $11K, er $790, er $265, er $205
UPDATE: The wedding was spotlit in the Chicago Tribune. For a pictorial take on the day, head here. Our fairytale $24K wedding for $11K, er $790, er $265, er $205 Read more…
Why I may be naked or in a red jumpsuit at my wedding
May 2012 – engaged in Asheville, NC. Why I wind up with three rings. Summer 2012 – kinda not-really start wedding planning. Really, just write a blog post about our big Read more…
I’d take this morning over a Christmas bonus any time
Today’s words: perspective and gratitude. I lay on the couch this morning, finishing watching the documentary I started yesterday as I waited to scoop up Fiance at O’Hare Read more…
Wedding: Six months later, still a great decision. Phew.
1/2 a block from this non-descript, gritty, urban corner, in the heart of vibrant, noisy Pilsen… is a door that leads to… The Secret Garden. Aka where we’re getting married September 1st. Read more…
What seven minutes on Twitter can get you
April 22nd – After ridiculous, “is this really happening?” success creating an almost 100% bartered-wedding, I decided to see what seven minutes on Twitter could do. We’re batting almost 1.000 with Read more…