Our Brand New Pergola
Mike has been working crazy hours lately at his new job and in his few hours of down-time he managed to build this pergola in our front yard. All for under $80- and this is despite buying the wood from an overpriced local place since we don’t have a car to use to transport wood […]
Sending (Most of) My Kids to School… Again
Happy Rose after her second day of school I talk about homeschooling a lot. In person but especially here on my blog. I’ve written about why I homeschool, how I homeschool, what unschooling is, how it works, corrected misconceptions about unschooling and homeschooling. In short, other than frugality and gluten free, homeschooling is one of […]
6 Ways to Save on Household Expenses
This blog post was written by a reader. Having your own home and paying for the utilities can be super expensive. Paying bills every month can be a daunting task, plus sometimes it just gets too difficult on the budget. However though, there are things that you can do at home to lessen your expenses. […]
Recent Frugal Accomplishments
First off, I wanted to send out warm thoughts to everyone who lost loved ones on 9/11, as well as everyone who has been affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Additionally, I wanted to apologize for not having posted here recently- lots of things going on in my life that have made it feel very […]
What To Look For In A Meal Delivery Service For A Natural Living Family
Sanity is important to me. When I started this blog, it was just about frugality at the expense of everyone else… because sometimes you have no choice. Gradually, as our financial situation improved and our life circumstances changed, I’ve mellowed out and don’t necessarily live an extremely frugal lifestyle. Sometimes I do extremely frugal things, […]
Our New Practically Free Dishwasher!
Dish washing has been the bane of my existence pretty much since I moved out of my childhood home. There we always, always, always washed dishes with a dishwasher- the only dishes that needed to be hand washed were some pots. Moving out and needing to wash the dishes added so much stress to my […]
Today’s Frugal Produce Shopping Trip
After yesterday’s post about my shopping trip, I have to say that despite my reassurance that we do have produce at home and we will manage in that department, I was feeling guilty about the lack of fruit and variety of produce, and I’m sure some people reading the post were thinking that it didn’t […]
My Latest Frugal Grocery Shoppping Trip
The past few weeks I’ve had a hard time doing grocery shopping frugally- I’ve been very busy with a lot of things, so have done lots of short cuts that save me time but cost me more money, and that continued onto our family’s vacation this past week, where I didn’t want to be spending […]
Our Frugal Summer Beach Trip (and What We Foraged) and an Update on My Arm
My daughter, Rose, enjoying herself at the beach I’m sorry I didn’t post recently, or update on what’s going on in my life… From this past Monday until yesterday, Sunday, my family and I went on a trip to a beach town, a (long) bus ride away from where we lived. It is an annual […]
Delicious Italian Style Antipasti Stir-Fry Recipe – Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan
Recently I was in a restaurant and had a delicious meal of fish, salad, and cooked vegetables. The cooked vegetables were called antipasti but honestly looked more stir fry like to me. It was really amazing and once home looked for a way to recreate it. I knew it had onions, green beans, mushrooms, red […]
