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Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. I have a pair of hot pink sketchers that I refuse to let go of. The color makes people smile. They have taken me hiking, they are my go to for yard work, I door dash in them. 

Write about your approach to budgeting. On a serious note though…. Spend less than you take in As much as it pains you, keep an amount aside and leave it for major emergencies.  We try to add to it as much as possible Have a side hustle of some sort for extras. My husband andContinue reading “Coffee and Diet Mountain Dew takes all our money 🤣”

My grandmother was a nurse in WW II, my grandfather served in the Army in WW II, my uncle was severely injured in Vietnam, my father in law served in Iran, my nephew in the Coast Guard and my brother in law was in the Navy. For me, patriotism is showing my gratitude not onlyContinue reading “For me, Patriotism equals Gratitude”

Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? Mr. Matlock, Lt. Columbo:  on advice from counsel, I invoke my 5th amendment right against self-recrimination

If there were a biography about you, what would the title be? My biography, I hope, would be a testament to how God has led me through every stage in life and it’s incredible joys and crushing sorrows and how grace and humor helped along the way. (And of course, a humorous shout-out to myContinue reading ““Lainey’s Life: led by God,  sprinkled with grace, powered by good coffee””

What were your parents doing at your age? My mom is a single mom and she was still doing what she had been since I was a teenager.  Working as a nurse’s aide in a long term wing at the local hospital caring for others.  One of her patients was a guy she went toContinue reading “Caring for others”

If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? I believe in many ways our current tax and fee system is punitive and double taxes the average worker and it’s impossible to get ahead. If you resell used items online, there’s a tax for that.  You buy a propertyContinue reading “Sic me on the tax laws”