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Blog Statistics Update February – March 2013

March 22nd, 2013 | 5 Comments

Blog Statistics Update February – March 2013

I sure am glad this month is over!  I passed my prelim on March 4 and was fairly busy and stressed leading up to that date.  Now I feel so much closer to graduation!   Unfortunately my relative absence from the blogosphere resulted in lower traffic and comments on EPF this month, but after our great Jan/Feb it’s not been too bad.  Here’s to a better next month!     Guest Posts   This month we had three guest posts from fellow … Read entire article »

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Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 3Mar2013

March 10th, 2013 | 7 Comments

I am currently in the DC area to visit friends and family and attend a pre-wedding event for one of my high school friends!  Kyle decided to stay home to get some serious work done.  I think it’s nice to have a break from one another every so often since we do spend so much time together in our normal routine.  I’m happy I live close enough to be able to drive back for these types of events and to see my parents and siblings.   The BIG NEWS of the week is that I passed my preliminary exam and it was way less scary than I thought it would be!  My committee really took it easy on me.  I think I overprepared, which I guess is okay, and I’m glad I … Read entire article »

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Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 24Feb2013

March 3rd, 2013 | 9 Comments

I gave THREE practice prelim presentations this week – once for my lab, one for my peers, and one for my advisor.  I wanted to work far in advance so we could go see Les Miserables on Friday night and watch a basketball game and go to a game night on Saturday without feeling too stressed.  Kyle also gave two presentations this week so he was working hard as well.  My prelim is TOMORROW!   Oh, and in PF news, the grad student tax workshop I helped prepare was last Wednesday and it went really well!  The audience was very diverse – from people who had never seen a 1040 to people who were trying to argue that grad students should be paid with W-2s instead of 1099-MISCs.  I think our speaker … Read entire article »

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February 2013 Month in Review: Money

March 1st, 2013 | 19 Comments

February 2013 Month in Review: Money

This has been a stressful month for us.  As I’ve mentioned about a hundred times on here, I’m preparing for my preliminary exam.  This stress and busy-ness has translated to doing and spending less, though we still socialized with our friends in free settings quite a bit.     The Everyday Budget   Our non-discretionary categories aren’t changing at all now – INCOME, SAVINGS, GIVING, rent, and internet – which you can find in our last budget iteration.  Kyle also … Read entire article »

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Weekly Update 43

December 16th, 2012 | 4 Comments

This was a rather different week work-wise for me because I decided to almost completely suspend my labwork to start preparing for my preliminary exam!  I set a fairly modest word count goal for each day and loaded myself up with new papers to read.   In addition to our normal activities this week, I also interviewed a prospective student on behalf of my college and Kyle performed a holiday concert with his community band that was amazing!  And did anyone catch the crazy end of the Butler-Indiana game?!  I was happy to see Butler win and to see Indiana lose.  😉  Not that I think our team will go undefeated this year, but it’s nice to outlast some other good teams – we’ll see!   Other than that we’re really just looking forward … Read entire article »

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