Saturday the kiddos and I went to a local nursery/veggie stand. Now obviously, since the violets and pansies are barely out in Upstate NY, this veggie stand is selling imported vegetables-otherwise there would be nothing to sell. And their produce is not organic or anything. However the prices are dirt cheap compared to the grocery… Keep Reading

Here are the results from the “Most Improved Blog” poll: The Space Between My Peers 11% (2 votes)Little Acorn Treehouse 17% (3 votes)Life is Not a Cereal 11% (2 votes)Frugal Upstate 33% (6 votes)das Leben der Lundquisten 0% (0 votes)New York Traveler 6% (1 votes)Green Pinky 22% (4 votes)A Life Worth Living 0% (0 votes)… Keep Reading

Today is the last day of voting for the most improved blog poll. Right now I’m in the lead, but I can’t help but think it’s because folks are just too impatient to click on over and check out the other blogs. So please, if you haven’t voted yet, take a few minutes today to… Keep Reading

I admit it, I’ve lost control of the deep freezer~ Last week our local Great American Supermarket (which isn’t very “Super”. It’s tiny. And expensive) ran one of their semi-annual truckload meat sales. The meat sales usually are a pretty good bargain, and I picked up 3 large packages of ground beef for $1.77 a… Keep Reading

In the shower this morning I suddenly realized that I had completely forgotten about the Festival yesterday! Oops! I apologize to all of you who check in here to find the location and highlights. Of course now it is the Wednesday of my twice monthly MOPs meeting and I’ve got to jet out the door… Keep Reading

Thanks to ISPF from Grad Money Matters for pointing me at Stock.Xchng and Microsoft Office Clip Art for royalty free professional photographs and clip art. Add that to the Morguefile site that I had already found via another wonderful blogger, and I might actually start to spruce the posts up with a bit of visual… Keep Reading

Note: Edited to add a contestant I left out by accident. Sorry to Rebecca at The Space Between My Peers. My apologies also to those using a feed reader, I know it shows as a double post. And now the moment you all have been waiting for. OK, maybe that is just me, but here… Keep Reading

Our entire family seems to be in fundraising mode lately. There was the wine tasting for church, and I have many more ideas for other possibilities! Today Yankee Bill is running our American Legion Rider’s second annual Poker Run Fundraiser. In case you have never picked up on it before, we are motorcyclists and veterans…. Keep Reading

Since I’m the one hosting this whole shebang, I figure that I should get off my keister and do my own wrap up! (I also hustled my cyber-butt over to Photobucket and hosted my profile picture finally so that I could link to it. Geez-ya’d think I was the mother of two young children or… Keep Reading

Still trying to catch up. Sorry the posts have been sporadic and mostly pointing you other places. I’ll get back to my “regularly scheduled program” soon. I’ll even post some pictures. Promise.