Well, we are off to Bristol Motorspeedway, the fastest half mile in NASCAR, this afternoon and will be offline until Monday. Not frugal, but fun. DH and I get away for 3 1/2 days while both the Nanas are going to take care of the kiddos, with help from my 3 regular babysitters (to come… Keep Reading

This weeks Festival of Frugality #36 is hosted by Amy over at Motherload. There are 23 entries this week-none from me, I’ve been too busy! Here are a few that really caught my eye, but please, head on over and check them all out for yourself. I like Amy’s own article in this weeks lineup-she… Keep Reading

Well, it’s the Frugal Upstate Family’s turn to host coffee hour at church this Sunday. Of course, I want to do this frugally. So far I whipped up two different kinds of dough in my bread machine-Onion cheese bread which I added bacon bits to and made little tiny rolls out of, and pumpernickle-which I… Keep Reading

Ok, it took me a day to get back to it, but here are some of my favorites from yesterdays festival (for those of you who haven’t gone over to Punny Money and surfed around). Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood talks about shelter, both where she is living now, where she lived in the… Keep Reading

Well, since I didn’t post for last week, if you want to check out the festival #34, feel free to go back and browse around. This week’s Festival of Frugality #35 is hosted over at Punny Money. There are 22 entries, and since the Blog owner, Nick, was called away on a national frugality emergency,… Keep Reading

It is always nice to travel and to visit family, but it is just as nice to be home again! The kiddos and I got home yesterday late afternoon-The entire loop of the trip was from the Binghamton area to just outside of Boston, then from Boston down to Huntington (on Long Island) via the… Keep Reading

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about the way the choices we make effect our lives. There was a nice post over on Seattle Simplicty the other day that started me thinking. She was discussing how a friend had bought a very large house and now doesn’t have money to travel. I made… Keep Reading

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Here is the link to this week’s Festival of Frugality. To be perfectly honest it is too stinking hot to do anything, I don’t have AC, and I don’t plan on sitting here at the computer while sweat runs down my back 🙂 ew, gross I know. I wouldn’t have even bothered posting but I… Keep Reading

I have a problem without it! HA! There is a really cute sign at the shop that says that. 🙂 Those of you who’ve been reading for a while will remember that I gave up caffine for lent. Although I’ve been drinking it again, I’ve not been having it in anywhere as near a great… Keep Reading