Category: Lifestyle

• episode 56. I quit!

  On this episode,we delve into just one topic: Kelsey. Quitting. Her. Job! We describe how we came to this decision, what it means for the family, and how we planned our finances in order to make it work. Kelsey also talks about how she is planning to use her time, what opportunities it affords and…

• episode 50. Happy-making

  Holy cow has it been some time since we last posted an episode. Sincere apologies all around; life and a bad back have slowed us down. But we're back with episode 50, in which we spend a bunch of time discussing the all-important question of how to make, and sustain, happiness. We run through a…

• episode 46. One crazy summer

  We're back, and we missed you dear listeners! In our first episode of season 2, we catch you up on the heckuva summer we experienced…the good and the bad. In our new Home Economics segment, Chris talks about his new job and how we decided, together, to take it. We also talk about the crazy…

• episode 33. Selling and sewing

  On this episode, we chat about some new ventures in our lives. Kelsey started a small business!! It's called Copper Quail Style and debuted at our local farmers market to great success the very day we recorded this episode. More modestly, Chris has discovered sewing and how amazing it is to learn techniques that are…

• episode 24. Kicking off summer

  In this episode, we chat about sleep training our toddlers, capsulizing our wardrobes, and traveling to national parks. We also discuss a great article sent to us by Natanya on how to achieve more sustainable happiness via smaller, frequent pleasures rather than larger infrequent extravagances. (Kelsey writes a lot about this idea in her ‘Things…

• episode 23. The truth about fighting

  In this episode, we have an agreeable conversation about disagreements. We talk about our latest desperate attempt to improve our toddlers' sleeping behaviors, and we officially unveil our freshly painted house's name along with the phrase to be painted on our back wall. In money, we discuss the extremely foolish cost of outsourcing jobs we…

• episode 21. Rocking that work/life balance

  Miss us between shows? Find Kelsey on Instagram or send us an email with a question or just to say, “Hey, Matrimoney!” While chatting about all the busyness of life lately we coin the phrase “April crazy brings May awesome.” We think it’s really going to catch on.  In money we’re dipping our toes into…

• episode 19. February brewery

  In this tongue-twisting episode, we discuss our love of Home Away and Air BnB for frugal, yet higher-quality traveling. We also chat about our upcoming anniversary and Chris's penchant for indiscriminate, non-special day-adhering gift-giving (which Kelsey doesn't mind since she's got a sweet new Letterfolk letterboard hanging in our kitchen for future Mother's Day). Chris…

• episode 11. Rethinking paying off the mortgage

  Whew, life is crazy lately and we are looking forward to getting through this week and into the holidays. We're also spending a bit more on Christmas than we had anticipated, womp womp. But in better news: Kelsey got a 4% raise! An awesome listener question has us revisiting our goal to pay off the…

• episode 8. How love is like the stock market

  Happy November, friends! We are excited to share a new feature of the show. We invited interested listeners to submit some information along with money-related questions. We plan to occasionally feature listener profiles and share our advice for these listeners on the show. So if you're interested please use this form to submit your info.…