How to Save Money On Kids Clothes
Clothing can be the bane of a parents’ budget. You buy the kids clothes and within five seconds they are growing out of them. This happens the most in their first few years of life (kids go through 6 or more sizes in their first 2 years of life!!!) but also again during puberty. If […]
Versatile Saag Paneer Recipe with Wild Edible Options, Vegan Options
Vegan saag paneer, with tofu and coconut milk, made with lambsquarters and sea beet (wild swiss chard) There are some posts that I think about and write about that very same day, and then there’s other posts, like this one, that I’ve wanted to write about for years, but haven’t for a lot of reasons. […]
How to Add Value to Your Home with Backyard Improvements
When you’re a home owner, it is quite different from being a renter. In addition to doing things in your home to make it more comfortable for you, you also have to keep in mind how these changes might affect the resale value. We never had central air conditioning growing up, but my family had […]
Gifts For Your Tech Loving Kids of All Ages (And Even Adults)
Years ago I never would have written a post like this, because I was all into never spending any money, ever, on anything, unless it was absolutely necessary. Fortunately, I realized how unsustainable that was, and how it can even be damaging to your mental health and your family’s mental health as well. I used […]
5 Ways to Update Your Living Room On a Budget
Is your home starting to feel a little bit dated, or shabby, or otherwise something that you aren’t loving? Since we spend so much time at home, we want our home to be a place where we feel good. But changing up our living space can be pricey. Fortunately there are some very low budget […]
Pocket-Friendly Hacks That Will Make Your Home Elegant
I love a good house makeover. It can turn a place that feels blah and drab into something amazingly beautiful and so you, a place you want to be. Many times makeovers can really, really be pricey, but with the right tips you can do a great job for very little money. Here’s some tips […]
Ode to the Sea Beet (A Delicious Foraged Wild Edible)
Some plants, I write about. But when I’m oh so in love with a certain plant, and for very good reason, I let my dork flag fly and I dedicate a whole long poem to it. I hope you enjoy (and find it educational as well). Ode to the Sea Beet (A Delicious Foraged Wild […]
8 Creative Ways to Ease Transition from Crib to Big-Kid Bed
My kids little cousin Benjamin just switched from a crib to a bed, so this is definitely on my mind, even though my kids are long past that stage (not that we actually used cribs, but co-slept, though transitioning to their own bed was a process). Here’s some tips from a reader to make the […]
An Easy Cheap Eye Fix
My new glasses. Last picture was actually my old glasses. I wrote about my health issues recently, and how the seeming solution to my dizziness and headaches was new glasses, that my prescription changed drastically quickly, that even though I got glasses only 4 months previously (with a new prescription then), my eyes went up […]
The Art of The Pivot
As someone who studied dance for many years, when I hear the word pivot, what comes to mind is a dance move, or rather, a combination of dance moves “Step ball change and pivot turn“. (Literally, as soon as I hear the word pivot, my mind immediately hears the dance instructors calling that series of […]
