So, in the two years since our daughter was born, I’ve learned I can no longer saunter through the grocery store, buying whatever I’m tasting for at the moment, and then repeating this process 3 to 4 times a week, racking up huge grocery bills and unfortunately wasting lots of food too. But I didn’t [...]
I was cleaning the house (again, again, again) today… and while brushing the copious dog fur off the couch cusions, remembered fondly some of my most pleasant Saturday nights this summer. See, this summer, my husband worked weekends at his second job, and we had a number of guests visiting and parties at our house… [...]
So, my husband and I threw in the shovel and decided to dismantle the garden we’ve attempted to grow for years. Instead we used the dirt to fill in a little retaining wall to create the illusion of a bigger yard. Our little bit of fakery has actually landed us a true victory garden! In [...]
When I moved in with my husband I was amazed at how full several of the cabinets were with cleaning supplies. There was cleaner, stripper, foaming no scrubber, bartenders friend, tarnish remover, spic and span, lestoil, pine sol, goo remover, window cleaner, dog butt wipes and the list goes on and on…. I truly don’t [...]
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So, one of the things that has kept me from writing as often as I’d planned is honesty. Honesty with you, the reader, but also with myself. I believe that I am like most Americans who is at best, clueless how to live within my means, or at worst, unwilling. I have put up ads [...]
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