RaeAnna + A Nerdy Lifestyle
Happy 168th Homecoming to Cornell College. I doubt they've had 168 homecoming celebrations. Did homecoming even exist in 1853? (Cornell University sure didn't. Ha! We're the older, smaller, and better (not a subjective opinion, at all) cousin—literally—in Iowa. Easily confusable, I know.) As a die-hard alum, I filled my house with flowers in school colors in honor of homecoming.
I've spent a lifetime figuring out how to look as good as I possibly can while spending as little as possible. Here are some tricks I've learned to being bougie on a budget, but I've learned the bougiest thing I can be is happy.
With a sense of humor, Kathy Benjamin prepares her readers for the one completely unavoidable consequence of living: death. We can't control what happens once we're gone, but with a little bit of preparedness, we can sure try. Also write your damn will.
Only a year and a half late... When it came to naming my fifteen babies, I have looked to history and literature to find inspiration. I can't say my partner did the same when he named his half, but they're cute none-the-less.
I love having a home full of dogs. I want to talk to y'all about the actual cost of raising and maintaining six dogs in a responsible way. It's expensive, worth it, but expensive.
Pride may be over, but that doesn't mean we have to stop challenging and educating ourselves. Pride isn't a month, it's an existence for those of us in the LGBTQ+ community.