I have decided that my blog needs to be jazzed up a bit. It’s a bit boring format wise. Eventually I think I’ll need to come up with a more unique template, but for now I’d just like to fix a few things (frugally of course). The first thing I’d like to fix is my… Keep Reading

Garden season has officially hit upstate New York! We have to wait around here until after Memorial Day for our “last frost” date. So I planted up my cedar whiskey barrels a week or so ago. Now, those of you who have filled up planters know they can take a LOT of soil. I use… Keep Reading

Good Morning, and welcome to Works for Me Wednesday, the brilliant idea of Shannon over at Rocks in My Dryer. The idea is for everyone to share little organizational tips each Wednesday. They don’t have to be anything earthshattering, just something that “Works for Me”. For the complete list for this Wednesday, click on the… Keep Reading

There were 23 entries in the Festival of Frugality over at “Value Investing and a Few Cigar Butts” this week. They were all great, but here are a few that stood out to me: Why I didn’t buy an HDTV at Financial Reflections. This is pretty interesting. I’m so out of it I didn’t even… Keep Reading

Need a way to label your plants or rows in the garden? Next time that you are at a garage sale or thrift shop and see a white (or any pale color) vinyl venetian blind, snap it up. A single standard venetian blind will give you hundreds of labels. Just cut the string holding the… Keep Reading

So how can you stay cool when the weather is hot? That is the burning question (pardon the pun) in my un-airconditioned abode this week. The basics are easy-we try to let the house cool down as much as possible at night and in the early morning by leaving all the windows open. Then just… Keep Reading

Well, summer hit Upstate NY this Tuesday. The temperature here has been very cool for spring, 50’s and 60’s most days, then overnight we popped up into the mid 80’s range. I know that doesn’t sound like much to the southerners reading-but the mid 80’s is no joke when you spend all day at home… Keep Reading

Works for Me Wednesday is a great feature started by Shannon over at Rocks in My Dryer. If you want to see all the entries (there are usually 70 or so by the end of the day), click on the banner to get back to her site. If this is your first time at my… Keep Reading

Sorry folks, I was off my game yesterday and didn’t get my weekly review of the Festival of Frugality up. I guess the fact that it turned into summer OVERNIGHT just messed me up 🙂 This weeks Festival of Frugality is over at “The Mighty Bargain Hunter“. As always, all 26 entries are worth reading,… Keep Reading

The school year is drawing to a close, and although Princess is only in nursery school, I still feel like doing a little something for her teachers. Every year around this time a thread seems to show up over on the Frugal Living Forums at About.com about teacher gifts. It seems like appreciation gifts have… Keep Reading