Katie Jones
Mom Mogul in the Making: My Short-Term Rental Hosting Journey
So, you're thinking of dipping your toes into the world of real estate investing? Congratulations! It's a rewarding path with a huge upside... if you can handle the challenges that come along with it....
Losing a Parent: The Best Thing We Did for Our Grief
I knew the instant I saw her name on my phone why she was calling. I always somehow knew that she would be the one to call when it happened. I ignored the first...
Don’t Be a Beach-hole
Time to break out the tankinis and White Claws, ladies — summer is upon us! As we all unwind from the flurry of end-of-year class parties and the gauntlet that is planning summer activities,...
Selfie Alert: The Best Murals in Jacksonville
When I agreed to do this murals in Jacksonville post, I thought I'd just run around, snap a few photos of some artwork, list some addresses, and call it a day. GUYS. I had...
Weird Beauty Tips, Vol. 1
It is not lost on me that this title is incredibly presumptuous, particularly considering that I am a 40-year-old woman with the same hairstyle I've had since ninth grade. I've never been up on...
D-MER: The Crazy Breastfeeding Affliction No One Knows About
Leave it to me to find the most obscure and bizarre postpartum affliction available. I hadn’t a clue that D-MER was even a thing until it happened to me. Oh, what’s that you say?...
Putting the ‘Trauma’ in Traumatic Brain Injury
Let’s talk about one of my least favorite acronyms: TBI. For those fortunately not in the know, it stands for “Traumatic Brain Injury.” Unfortunately, I am in the know. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is...
Just Play With It
We could have gone in many different directions for the content of this post with a title like that, but let's keep it clean, folks. I'm here today to talk about the importance of...
Why Minivan Drivers Are Better Parents
Your house and your car. These are typically the two biggest investments we make as adults. Unless you have yacht or jet money, and then this post isn’t for you anyway, so back to...
Tips for Buying a Camper in a Crazy Market
When I started looking at campers years ago, the buying game was completely different than it is today. Back then there was an abundance of inventory, you had time to plan without a camper...
How I (Really) Save Money at Target
Saving money at Target. Sounds impossible, right? I thought so, too, but when I realized that my RedCard bill was creeping up on roughly half of our mortgage every month (I blame formula and...
The DIY Divorce (You Don’t Need A Lawyer)
So, you’ve decided to get divorced. To the people who have found themselves here, please feel free to roll your eyes at that incredibly oversimplified statement that makes it sound like it is as...