Copey loves to read every day! He has his favorite books and loves to go through to pick which ones we read each day. It’s one of my favorite moments of the day to sit in his room and read stories with him before bedtime. I love having his books …
Read More »Living With Kids: Laura George
[ Note: This is one of the first home tours to be featured in this series, which now includes almost 450. It was originally published in March 2014. Readers loved it then, and I think you’ll love it now as well. ] More than a few of Laura’s photos sent …
Read More »Living With Kids: Amber Johnson
Today I am going to introduce you to Amber, a nurse midwife who lives with her family in Boulder County, Colorado where her husband works in software. Because COVID forced them to move their kids to online school like so many others, Amber and Josh decided that this might be …
Read More »The Moneyist: My husband, 67, wants to leave his $2 million estate and home to his disabled daughter and his sister’s kids. Can he do that? I could outlive them
Dear Moneyist, My husband is 67 years old with an estate worth $ 2 million. His first wife died. He has a severely handicapped daughter and we signed a prenup when we married three years ago. He has a sister who is a year older than I am. I am …
Read More »Living With Kids: Leslie Degenhardt
The home of Leslie and her lovely family was featured here a couple of years ago, and we are delighted to have them join us once again. They’ve spruced up their place a bit, and decided to start a business during all the craziness of shut down and homeschooling and …
Read More »Living With Kids: Ruth Beckerman
When Ruth reached out about sharing her family’s story, I was intrigued. It is always interesting to talk about different kinds of families and the way that they evolve over time. Ruth, and her husband Andy, are both retired and were empty nesters. Then the pandemic hit, and their grown-up …
Read More »Living With Kids: Jennifer Bangoura
Jennifer and her family live in Maryland, just outside of DC. Like many of us, she and her husband have been juggling home care, child care, jobs, etc.; working from home with two small kids, including a kindergartener who started online school this fall. Jennifer’s solution to this challenging time …
Read More »Where Should I Retire?: We want to retire to somewhere our kids and grandkids would want to live too. Our budget is $7,000 a month — where should we go?
Dear MarketWatch, I’m retiring in six months and live outside of Los Angeles. It’s really pricey here. I’m 68 and my wife is 61. We will have about $ 800,000 in total savings and IRAs, and an income of $ 7,000 monthly including my Social Security. We currently rent. We …
Read More »Living With Kids: Marianne Brown
We met Marianne three years ago right here on Living With Kids when we featured her Holladay, Utah home. Well, this year Marianne moved to her new home, three doors down from her old home. Marianne is an interior designer and this new home that they built from the ground …
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