Thanks to Simply Thrifty for pointing this one out! Blogger and Podcaster “For Aspiring New Media Titian’s” is free for the electronic magazine subscription (it’s $99 a year for the print version! Ack!) Just click on the “Subscription” tab and then chose the electronic option. I have a feeling it will be a bunch of… Keep Reading

~Dawn over at Frugal for Life is always so creative! (yes, the ~ is part of her username) This week she used May Day as a theme for the 72nd Festival of Frugality . For each her “Top 10” entries she posted pictures of flowers and interesting quotes next to them as teasers for each… Keep Reading

As April draws to a close, so does Improve your blog month! If you have been participating and would like your blog included in the final poll, please post a “wrap up” post some time this week with a before screenshot (if you have one) and a description of the changes that you made. Make… Keep Reading

For those of you who were wondering, the wine tasting fundraiser was a success on Friday night. We had about 50 people attend, after expenses raised about $300 (expenses were about $200 plus a heck of a lot of labor) and I was totally stressed and exhausted. However everyone seemed to have a very good… Keep Reading

I like to read Frugal Babe’s Blog. She is a 28 year old blogger, married, no kids. Interesting lady. Today her post was referring to another post she read on Get Rich Slowly. Apparently there were some very interesting comments: But I was surprised to see a comment on the post that basically said that… Keep Reading

I rarely order online these days-but I do occasionally like to check out the “Overstocks” or “Clearance” sections of a few favorite retailers. I particularly like to buy well made classic pieces from places like LL Bean, Land’s End, Eddie Bauer etc. The quality is good, the warranties are usually exceptional (I’ve returned items to… Keep Reading

I try not to have posts that are simply a cross link to someone else, but this Works for Me Wednesday idea of Meredith’s was simply too brilliant not to share. Check out her idea for organizing your baking station. (not organeizing-ha ha)

Well, so far for Improve Your Blog Month we have talked about changing templates (I did mine) reorganizeing your sidebars (done, but still need to fix my profile picture) and creating a FAQ or Welcome Page (OK, I totally fell down on the job for that one-but I still think it is worth while). For… Keep Reading

The 71st Festival of Frugality is up over at Money Matter and More Musings. Due to the total chaos of life, I didn’t get an article in this week, but there are 29 other wonderful articles to read. Here are a few that caught my eye: The Family CEO talks about framing free art to… Keep Reading

OK, I don’t do this very often, I try to stay on topic. But I’m stressed and blue and need to know that a few of you out there are praying for me. I’ve been organizing a fundraiser for my church, a wine tasting. I’ve done the whole thing by myself-which was partially my fault… Keep Reading