About Kristen

This week, I am thankful: for a kind soul on eBay A complete stranger on eBay messaged me to let me know a buyer had …

Mostly, I keep my marriage/divorce talk over on my Patreon, since it’s off-topic for this blog. But since not everyone is over there, I’m gonna …

1. My remote sold! You know that little garage door opener remote I bought at the Goodwill bins for something like $0.50? It sold for …

As I’ve mentioned before, I was almost-broke not that long ago.  When I was first in nursing school, going through my divorce, paying unending attorney …

What I Spent I have sat here for a few minutes trying to decide on a title, and I’m coming up empty. So there you …

This is gonna be a little short because I’m running behind; I have my monthly new grad class this morning from 8-12. This month I …

I mentioned recently that I made these for dinner because I have an excess of canned chickpeas (which is what happens when you buy chickpeas …

1. I went to the local symphony My schedule has been rather non-symphony-friendly of late (!!), so on Saturday, I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to …

1. “Pair a head task with a body task.” I was catching up on some podcasts the other day and noticed a Before Breakfast episode …

Hello, hello! I’m late again, I know. I got off my last night shift yesterday morning. I was so tired, I didn’t manage to put …

Hello! As this publishes, I will be finishing up my last night shift. Woohooo!!   And then the first order of business is at least …

I have spent a good portion of my life teaching in one way or another, so it is unsurprising that I love teaching things to …

1. I used Citicard points to buy a gift I wanted to buy a small gift for my preceptor (the main nurse who has been …

I haven’t done any of my Quick Book Reviews in a while, and that’s because I have hardly read any non-school books for the last …

What I Spent Hello, I am a shell of my normal self at the moment and it is indeed because of night shifts.  To wit, …