So Long To Nursing
The closest I could get Rose to posing for a picture I know many moms that, when they wean their children from nursing, find that last nursing session bittersweet. Brutally honest confession here: I feel/felt nothing of the sort. The last time I nursed my daughter was one week ago, and there’s nothing bittersweet there […]
Scuba Diving, an Emotional and Psychological Experience
I didn’t mention it in my blog posts about our family trip two weeks ago, and I didn’t think it was a big deal or would affect my life in any way… But two weeks ago when I was at the beach, I stupidly went into the water with a floating device and the waves […]
Making Homemade Beef Jerky, Take Two
Two years ago, for the first time, I tried making jerky. I was going on an overseas trip and wasn’t sure what the situation with gluten free food would be on the flight or in general and I wanted to make sure that I had protein to eat that was shelf stable, so I tried […]
Growing Sweet Potatoes in a Bag- An Experiment
I think one of the most common kitchen science gardening experiments, after growing avocado pits, is growing sweet potatoes. I’ve done it in the past before, at least the first stage of the experiment, but never actually did what is necessary to grow sweet potatoes. Two weeks ago, however, I was going through my vegetable […]
Wrap Up of Our Frugal Vacation with the Family
Cute picture of the kids on our hike along the river. We’re home. At last. A week ago Sunday, we packed up the family, loaded them up on the bus and headed off to our yearly family trip to stay with a relative who lives right off the beach in a resort town. We got […]
Our Visit To The Garden Center and Some Free Food and Plants
One of my missions this trip to the resort city where we’re currently staying was to diversify what we do when we come on our yearly trip, as I get bored of just the beach and the splash pad. The other day we changed things up by going on a great hike we’d never done […]
Our Mostly Frugal Vacation So Far
Hiking along a river on vacation Once a year my family and I travel to a relative who lives in a resort town, and we stay at their house for a week, and go on as much of a vacation as you can with 4 kids in tow. Every year our week ends up looking […]
Figuring Out Which Meals Really Are Cheapest For Our Family
Most people have all these misconceptions about what kinds of meals are cheapest and what kind are not, and I’ve discovered sometimes that what people thought was cheap wasn’t actually that cheap, and what people thought was expensive wasn’t actually expensive, either. Before I get into anything further, I need to mention that nearly always, […]
Super Frugal Grocery Shopping Challenge And How I Managed!
Working hard… for this. What’s keeping me motivated. Happy Fourth of July to all my American readers! Living out of the US already for 10 years now, and being married to a non American, 4th of July is kind of a non story here… No fireworks, no BBQ, no nothing… But all of you celebrating, […]
Greek Style Grape Leaf Soup Recipe — Paleo, Allergy Friendly, Easy
I sometimes give up when it comes to food photography; certain foods seem impossible to photograph in a way that makes people seeing those pictures want to eat them. This, I guess, is one of them. But trust me, despite the picture, it is delicious. I had this idea to make a soup that was […]
