Well, I decided that $4.35 was worth the peace of mind of not having to pack a lunch for the rest of the week-we are all just enough under the weather that we are sleeping a bit later and getting ready, well let us just say that for this week it is worth the money… Keep Reading

I’m likely to be rather slow with the posting till after Christmas. We are busy, I’m sick (just a cold, but it is wearing me down) and I’ve got a bunch of paperwork to do for the theatre. So blogging may not get done very much. Don’t give up on me, I’ll be back around… Keep Reading

Well, every year DH, who henceforth I will refer to as “Yankee Bill” (I know, we are in Yankee Land, but when we were in the South he picked it up as a nickname with his motorcycle crowd. You know how many guys there are named Bill who ride motorcycles?? It gets confusing) writes our… Keep Reading

I wanted some music while wrapping some Christmas presents yesterday, so I did a quick search for “streaming Christmas music”. I somehow came up with a site for AOL that has XM radio stations that you can tune into for free. As you know, free is my favorite cost! If you have cable modem this… Keep Reading

Breakfast Snack 1/2 Yogurt Navel Orange Lunch Ham & Cheese Spiral (tortila rollup sliced) Craisins and Raisins mixed Apple Dump Cake Grape Tomatoes Homemade Dark Bread (breadmachine recipe) with Butter Pink Milk Family Dinner Burritos/Enchiladas (whichever I more feel like at 5pm) made from leftover vacuum sealed chili (from last week) dolled up with salsa,… Keep Reading

Well, sorry folks, I’m not going to do a roundup today. I’ve just got too much stuff I want to get done today and I can’t spend the time to read all the articles and then tell you which are my favorites. Sorry. So, just head on over to Money and Values and check it… Keep Reading

Over at Money and Values. . . . but it isn’t up yet. I’ll get my roundup in later when it is up. Meanwhile I’ve got about 6 loads of clean laundry to fold and put away, Buddy to run to nursery school, the kitchen to straighten, Christmas presents and stocking stuffers to sort through,… Keep Reading

I like to make Thank You cards for the holidays. I make them with a coloring book image on the front that the kids can color in, then we color a few a day. This way I wind up with plenty to use after the holiday. Princess and Buddy hard at work coloring. Some of… Keep Reading

In Part I of Family Traditions for Christmas-On the Cheap I covered why I think traditions are important and the three ways that folks come by their traditions, A-got them from their family B-consciously decided on a tradition and C-a chance occurrence or idea is repeated and become tradition. My first examples were my family’s… Keep Reading

The 51st Festival of Frugality is up over at the Frugal Duchess. Today there are 30 entries. Sharon divided them up by general topic and has posted a brief comment after most of them. Here are a few that just begged me to open them up and read them immediately. Over at My Two Dollars… Keep Reading