Spending money is stressful, especially when you need three cars in a few weeks or buy a whole house sight unseen. We did come up with a great idea for HGTV, though. Call us!

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Terri found a Panasonic cordless phone system that meets her elusive landline needs, and Nicole's enjoying vacuuming now that she has a Shark Apex lift-away vacuum cleaner. Catherine shouts out Sips By for all your tea-drinking needs.

We're starting to be able to get haircuts and dental cleanings again, and go out to restaurants. But with all the new rules and procedures, we're not sure we want to.

A survey found that two in five people think they've changed for the better due to the pandemic [https://www.studyfinds.org/survey-2-in-5-adults-feel-theyve-changed-for-the-better-thanks-to-coronavirus-lockdown/]. We're not ready to go that far, although we can find a few positives.

On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, first we have an episode that makes us squeamish because of the way it shames girls and gay people ("M.A.D."). And then we have one that makes us squeamish because we have to relive Shelly Pomroy's party via many, many flashbacks ("A Trip to the Dentist"). The only good guys here are Wallace and Weevil. Next week: The season finale, "Leave It to Beaver."

Catherine's daughter virtually graduated, and she gives the report on how it all went, from car parade to YouTube slide show. Mentioned: Gabrielle Blair of Design Mom and her online graduation report [https://www.designmom.com/olives-online-graduation/].

(This is a flashback to a time when we could travel!) Maybe we'd feel more excited about a carefully planned-out trip if the work of making that happen didn't always fall to us. As it is ... there's a lot to be said for just seeing what comes, right? Or do you prefer to know what you're doing?​

We're lucky that we haven't faced too many true-crisis situations in our families, but when we do, we tend to be of the "fix it now, fall apart later" type.

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Nicole's Instagram Minute brings us @karensgoingwild (https://www.instagram.com/karensgoingwild/; don't be a Karen). Catherine is very pleased with her supremely silly pet portraits from Crown and Paw [https://crownandpaw.com/]. Also mentioned: Gray Duck Art pet painting kits [https://grayduckart.com/oldkits]. And Terri found some jeans made in the USA at Schaefer Outfitters [https://schaeferoutfitter.com/collections/outerwear-1/products/1950-ladies-ranchhand-jeans]. They're perfect for ranching and also copyediting.

On our last Second-Listen Saturday, we replayed a discussion about special end-of-the-year awards we think parents should get [https://www.parentingroundaboutpodcast.com/blog/second-listen-saturday-the-award-goes-to]. So today, we're obsessing about all the trophies, medals, and certificates we'd like to see for the very hard work of parenting during a pandemic.