California or Bust 2014 Finances

Remember my super thrilling description of how I planned out my road trip with spreadsheets? Well the trip was fantastic (more details to be shared later) and now that I’ve recovered, I went back through to see how my financial planning stacked up… I had originally budgeted the following: Fuel $838.14 Food $550.00 Lodging $150…

Trippin’ with Toddlers

Comedian Ron Funches said, “Raising a child is like taking care of someone who’s on way too many shrooms, while you yourself are on a moderate amount of shrooms. I am not confident in my decisions, but I know you should not be eating a mousepad.” If parenting is a mental trip, parenting on a…

Spreadsheet Geek

My name is Anna, and I’m a total spreadsheet geek. My 2 daughters and I are planning a road trip from Minnesota to California in 2 weeks so I am in planning hyper-drive. I’ll admit that I can be a little too enthusiastic about travel planning but during bitter Minnesota winters sometimes it’s what gets…