From Tailgating to Camping: Smart Cooler Hacks for the Fall Season
I love coolers. When we go camping, I am able to keep my food cold in it so we can bring along cheap groceries instead of buying more expensive ones closer to the camp site, and then we can save leftovers instead of needing to cook something each meal. I’ve even used my cooler for […]
My Son’s Frugal NYC Touring- Days 2 and 3
Traveling! I can’t wait to do it since life is currently too complicated for that, but in the meantime, I am having fun writing up about and sharing information about my 17 year old son, Lee’s, frugal trip to the US and England this past summer. I already posted about what my son did on […]
4 Orthodontic Issues Your Child Might Experience
Orthodontics… It’s something that people short on cash often really dread, because orthodonture is far from cheap. In some cases, like mine, it was either orthodonture or likely need to get dentures by the time I was 30, because of how bad my mouth was. My father’s cousin Marty had overlapping roots so badly that […]
Cultivating Gratitude: One of the Most Important Things to Be Doing This Holiday Season
What, a post about Christmas already? I mean, if you’ve been following the news, that isn’t so strange, as Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro ruled that Christmas starts October 1 this year, so that is quite soon. But additionally, Thanksgiving, which is sooner, is literally all about gratitude, and it is something good to have all […]
Why I “Have A Thing For Old Cars”… Or How People Want You To Stay Poor
After a long day at the beach, sitting down next to my car at the side of the road, waiting for the tow truck after it died. This was on the one year anniversary of getting my car. My car is like an old person with arthritis. Its bones creak and groan. It isn’t broken, […]
Legal Steps to Take After a School Playground Injury
My son is prone to injury. He’s broken 7 bones. 3 of them happened during school. In none of those cases was it on the playground, and in none of the cases was it actually caused by anything other than his actions, but people have told me that I still have grounds to sue, because […]
The Importance of Preparing Kids for Back to School: How to Save Money in the Process
Kids are back in school in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and that means that parents often ended up spending a lot of money on their supplies for school. Preparing your children for their new school year can be quite pricey, but fortunately there are lots of places with terrific back to school sales. […]
Common Causes of Personal Injury and How to Avoid Them
Most people are not like myself, with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and proprioception issues, that get injured from teeny tiny things, like sitting wrong on a public transportation seat. For them, injuries are less common, and there are ways to avoid them. If you have a more normal body, here are some ways to prevent injury, […]
My Visit to the “Burp Doctor” About No Burp Syndrome, Abelchia, Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction (RCPD)
Me during my much skinnier days, in 2014, at 180 lbs but still with enough of a belly that I looked pregnant. I’m now about 100 lbs more than that. Warning, this post might be classified as TMI, “too much information”. Be warned if you continue reading. In my post about how Ehlers Danlos Syndrome affects […]
Open a 529 Plan for College Savings Month
Where has time gone? My kids were just toddlers and now I have a high school graduate! Soon enough he’ll be going to college. Fortunately, locally, college isn’t nearly as expensive as it is in the US, where people often graduate college with so much debt that follows them around for their entire adult life. […]
