My New (To Me) Computer Desk
You can imagine, that, as a writer, I am at the computer a lot. However, since we moved to our current apartment, I have not had a computer desk. I’ve been using a dresser as my work station, which, to be quite frank, was not comfortable for me, as I couldn’t pull my chair up […]
What To Do With So Much Food
I came home from my shop yesterday, shopping cart loaded with groceries. I walked in the door, and realized I couldn’t walk any further. The entrance to my home was filled with food, piled high. If I squeezed through, I could fit myself past, but certainly not the large amount of groceries I’d just bought. […]
“So, Do You Have A Cat?” and Other Tales from the Market
T oday I went to the city to go buy some produce at the market. The last time I went shopping, 8 days ago, I spent $28.57 on produce; this morning, nearly all our fruit (other than 2 pears, and the frozen bananas which I wasn’t in a rush to finish) was gone, and our […]
A Million Dollar Makeover Without Spending a Million Dollars
My first outfit I bought post makeover, that makes me feel beautiful- and I used to think I looked terrible in green! I grew up in a home, that, to be honest, was not very fashion conscious. It was something that bothered me; I realized that I was wearing nerdy, out of date clothing, and […]
My Latest Super Frugal Grocery Shopping Trips!
This morning I went into the city to teach a private foraging class- very short on produce. I think I literally had no fruit in the house other than frozen bananas and cherries, and the only fresh veggies half a butternut squash, a few carrots, and a few beets. I needed some produce pronto! While […]
Moving From a Teeny Tiny House To a Small House
There aren’t many friends that I’ve written about on my blog by name, but my friend Cara is one of them. I wrote about her and her husband’s Xtracycle, about visiting them in their teeny tiny home, and shared a guest post that she wrote about how they made living in a teeny tiny home […]
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 […]
