Simple Interior Design Tips to Spice Up the Home
A few years ago I decided that I was sick of how my home looked, that it wasn’t at all my taste, and it really made me upset seeing how it looked. At the same time, I knew we’d be moving in the near future and didn’t want to invest a lot in decorating a […]
My Super Frugal Trip to Brussels, Belgium
It has been a good long while since December, and people keep on asking me when I’ll post my next post about what else I did when I went on a super frugal trip to Belgium in December. I am really bad about follow up with these things, because while I’m on the trip, the […]
Taking Some Fun and Different Personality Tests
My friends and I recently got together, and we were discussing different personality types and how they affect you and your life. So many different types came up in the discussion, and I find these personality types are a good way to get to know yourself, but also a good way to explain yourself and […]
My Husband Fixed Our Washing Machine!
As a mother of four kids, you can imagine our washing machine gets really heavy use. I’m also not so great at keeping up with the laundry, so often when I get down to it, I have a bunch of loads to do in one go. For example now we have about two large laundry […]
Foraging Black Nightshade — Solanum Nigrum and How to Identify It
This is a post that is a long time in coming and is one that I’m nervous about writing for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest things about writing this post is that it’s about a plant that for some reason is very controversial. Black nightshade. It has a reputation for being poisonous […]
When Your Therapist Prescribes Self Care
Last month, I had a really interesting and insightful interview with my friend Daniella about her experiences in therapy, and I mentioned there how much I support going to therapy. Here’s the thing, though. As moms, very often we put ourselves last, and when we’re living a frugal lifestyle, either by choice or by necessity, […]
My Daughters’ Fun and Frugal Last Minute Birthday Party
My life has been rather busy and full lately, all with good things, fortunately, but still very full. For that reason, things don’t always happen as promptly as I would like them to happen, which is why my daughters, whose birthdays were in December and March, finally had a birthday party today, the first of […]
Crispy Salmon Skin Bibimbap Recipe- Gluten Free, Easy, and Delicious
Recently, I was cleaning out my freezer, and discovering all sorts of goodies that I had stashed away there, like the containers of cooked fish that I deboned myself from free fish bones I got at the market. And I also found lots and lots and lots of salmon skin that I got free from […]
How to Take Care of Your Mental Health Without Breaking the Bank
I’m a huge proponent of taking care of your mental health. But I, as well as many other people know, that mental health care is not cheap, not by a long shot, especially if your insurance isn’t willing to pay for it. Here’s a post by Gemma with suggestions of ways that you can take […]
Fixing Our Dishwasher All By Ourselves
In the summer I posted about our new, practically free dishwasher, which really excited me. Washing dishes is the bane of my existence (that and laundry). We moved over all the things that were kept in the kitchen cabinet that got replaced with the dishwasher and found new homes for them, and Mike installed the […]
