There we were, Dirtman, Heir 2 and I, sitting in an auditorium listening to how we would have to go about funding Heir 2′s college career. We were sitting among 75 other people who, like us, had failed to save the requisite amount of money and were now scrounging about for the financing of their …
Author Archives: Jeanne Jackson
Frugal Eats
October 22, 2008 – 8:28 am
I will admit that some of my more radical ideas from back in the day have been banished by mandate from our table forever. I was forced to vow never to serve a casserole featuring TVP (texturized vegetable protein) ever again.
Accountability
October 15, 2008 – 8:21 am
Things around the Jackson household have been pretty tense lately as we near the finalization of our bankruptcy. This general aura is not helped by the daily reminders of doom and gloom predicted in the news. My usual response, in the good ol’ days when my backbone and ego was still intact, used to be …
Oh, Grow Up
October 1, 2008 – 10:18 am
Okay, parents, could we come to some sort of consensus about what we expect from our children? Do you want to your children spending their childhood learning to be little adults or do you want them spending kid time being a kid? I know that the age of 21 constitutes an “adult,” but have you …
