by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 5, 2009 | About Us
Hi! I missed you blog friends. You have probably been online all week. Question is, where have I been?
Besides having a busy week involving houseguests (of the two and four legged variety) a six hour road trip beginning very early Friday morning, it was hard to sneak in work (let alone fun like blogging) without a working internet connection near my house.
I almost didn’t move because of Time Warner Cable. My suspicions of hassle were confirmed as I spent the last two weeks trying to get the internet at my house, which I still didn’t have when I left yesterday.
I had happily been mooching off my neighbors connection for a few days when sometime Wednesday, the connection got weak. I was able to look at webpages and update my Facebook status sometimes but couldn’t seem to do things like attach documents to emails (you know, work). I was relieved that I was going to have my strong consistent connection on Thursday when the cable guy came to turn on my internet.
by Nicole Ouellette | Aug 15, 2008 | About Us
In this mini-series I’m calling Freaky Friday, I’m going to take a retrospective look at the anatomy of the date (including finances) and glean some life knowledge from my awful experiences (if only to make myself feel better and hopefully help you to avoid the same mistakes). Here’s round three. Names as usual are changed to protect the embarrassed.
In an unusual plot twist, this week it’s me starring as the terrible date. I know I seem kind of perfect (or at least more perfect then some of the fine specimens I’ve gone on a date with) but I too have made dating mistakes. I particular I think of one horrible date I have yet to recover from (which happens to be my only experience with eHarmony).
So with eHarmony you answer a seemingly ridiculous amount of questions about yourself. With the questions, you also rank the importance of the value on a scale. I remember being fairly liberal about most of this but I do remember a specific item I marked very important: no kids. At 22, I didn’t want no baby mama drama (I may not have been nurturing but at least I was honest).
by Nicole Ouellette | Aug 3, 2008 | Good For You
Note from Nicole: I’ve asked a couple of my favorite bloggers to guest post while I’m gone to keep my blog going for a few days. Right after sending out an email to my blogger friends about my wrist, Sean was admitted into the hospital. He had ’emergency’ surgery and is doing fine but he’ll be in the hospital for a little while. Because people have stepped in to help, Breaking Even has kept going and I’ve spent the time in the hopsital with Sean without giving the blog a second thought. Thanks for continuing to read. I’ll be back soon.
I’m Kelly and I write Almost Frugal, a blog about frugality and personal finance in France. Nicole and I found each other through the French speaking community (although we’re both Americans) and I’m happy to be guest posting for her, although not for why she needs a guest post!
Life has a way of throwing curve balls at you, doesn’t it? One day you’re trucking along nicely, minding your own business and the next day BOOM. Your car dies, or your basement floods, or your wrist starts hurting after too much time spent pecking at the keyboard.
We’ve all heard the expression “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade” and it sounds kind of trite to be sure. But if you think about it, successfully coping with an emergency does depend on making a pitcher of ice-cold lemonade instead of complaining (ahem) bitterly about the bushel of lemons that just fell into your lap. Here are three rules that can help you get over the hump.
