If I had been paying attention to the calendar or really conquering my feed reader, I would have realized that this was supposed to already be up. Let’s just pretend I wanted to leave you in suspense, shall we?
Here’s what going on in my life:
- I started my first ever blog series.
- I declared myself an Augustinian once and for all.
- I’m volunteering with Pure Fashion Austin.
- I’m still single. I have been blogging about that a lot.
- I started taking very casual social dance lessons.
- I am on a huge personal finance kick. It is going very well.
What’s up with you these days? Read other nutshell life updates at Call Her Happy.

So much to respond to in one little post.
-I have so much to catch up on in relation to the synod. I love that you turned it into a series.
-Yay for Augustinians! I took a class on his works with Fr. Daley in undergrad and loved it.
-Small world…I helped plan Pure Fashion here for several years. Good luck!
-Hugs!
-You know how I feel about dancing! Social dancing is an art! I know lots of good dancers that can’t dance socially at all.
-How wonderful! Any resources that have helped you in this area?
I mostly turned it into a series because it was going to be way too long for just one post.
Thank you for the hugs.
Yes! The best so far has been You Need a Budget (YNAB). I was cautious at first, and I waited until Day 32 of the 34-day free trial before I bought the software (partly because I had to budget for it!), but it has revolutionized my financial life. I sound like an infomercial, but I’m really just a big fan. I have a whole post in mind about what specifically worked for me.