I have been thinking of doing a cost comparison breakdown between cooking at home and eating out. I think that it can be very useful (not to mention encouraging) to see how much money some of the frugal things we do are worth. It can also be an impetus for some folks who are “cooking… Keep Reading

Just wanted to let everyone know I went back and fixed yesterdays post on “Kids Eat Free“. Thanks to loyal poster Mom2Fur for letting me know about the problem. Please read the completed version. (Darn Blogger, I don’t know why it ate the end of my post in the first place)

Sleep! Yes, it is something we all know, but bears repeating. We don’t sleep enough as a country. This point was driven home to me last night when I had a migraine and went to bed at 800 pm. This morning I feel FANTASTIC. Better than I’ve felt in weeks. Coincidence? I think not. I… Keep Reading

DH and I went out for dinner a few weeks ago before attending a dance held by the American Legion in Norwich. We tried a steakhouse called Gus’s that was only a few minutes away from the Legion Hall. Gus’s only opened last summer, and since we don’t eat out often this was the first… Keep Reading

Do you ever wonder what your family thinks of your frugality? Well, I think that this dream that my brother posted to our “Myfamily.com” family site is VERY revealing 🙂 **Note-remember, this is a dream. No offense meant to any Mormons out there, I’m sure your cooking is WONDERFUL. Also, just as an FYI, the… Keep Reading

This weeks festival is over at Clutter2Cash. Of course there are 21 great entries over there this week (mine seems to have gotten lost in cyber space! Oh well, I won’t take it personally. I have a habit of entering on Monday night and I may not have made it in below the wire!) Here… Keep Reading

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Back on March 15th I posted about my experiment with winter sowing. The concept is simple. You take seeds, plant them in a little mini-greenhouse made from recycleables (such as the milk and vinegar jugs I used) water them well, then put them outside to brave the freeze/thaw cycles of your winter. When the seeds… Keep Reading

I love using vinegar to clean with. It is cheap (I can get a gallon at Save a Lot for under a buck), natural and multipurpose (hey, you can clean with it, disinfect with it, and eat it) The three things I use vinegar for most often are: #1 Fabric softener. I just put it… Keep Reading

Literally!I was at the VA (Veterans Administration) Hospital a few weeks ago to see the nuerologist for my migraines. I have been taking Imitrex through my civilian Dr, but am changing over to getting my medication from the VA to reduce the cost. The Dr was perscribing me a new migraine medication (the VA doesn’t… Keep Reading

Most of the things I write about are ways to actively save money (what can I say, I’m an active gal). But last night I had to do something active in order not to lose money. I got a letter full of legal mumbo-jumbo the other day from my credit card company. It had the… Keep Reading