It’s kind of a financially depressing time…

30Sep08

It seems like the last few days have been filled with nothing but terrible financial and economic news.  And honestly, I don’t understand all of it.  I’ve read the articles, but I just don’t have a real grasp of the details of how this happened and why, and I don’t even really think that the [...]

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Two other things about cheap laundry.

29Sep08

I did several posts on cheap laundry recently, but I forgot to mention two things.
I talked about thinking out of the box when it comes to drying solutions and gave several suggestions. However, I forgot to mention this one…if you run out of room on your line or your drying rack, try draping some [...]

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Tags: saving money on laundry

Menu for 9.27-10.4

27Sep08

Saturday

Hibachi Chicken and Shrimp
Green Beans

Sunday

Buttermilk Waffles

Monday

Roasted Chicken with stuffing and cranberry sauce
Green Salad

Tuesday

Grilled Hamburgers on homemade buns
Grapes
Carrot sticks

Wednesday

Chicken in gravy on toast(I’m counting on leftovers from Monday!)
Apple slices

Thursday

Broccoli-Chicken Braid
Green salad

Friday

Grilled Pizza

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The nightstand

26Sep08

This is actually the piece of furniture that got me started on my painting spree. I picked it up from a freecycler, sight unseen, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was solid wood(except for the top, which is a sort of formica…or something like that!). I was unsure of how well [...]

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Tags: painting

Some cheap(and green!) wall art

25Sep08

I buy an Ansel Adams calendar every year(after Christmas, of course, when they’re 50% off!) and this past Christmas, as I was getting ready to recycle the calendar, it occurred to me that it’s kind of a shame to throw away these lovely black and white pictures, which are on nice, heavy duty paper. [...]

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Tags: reusing

A late menu

24Sep08

I actually planned this before I left for vacation. I’ve never done that before, but it’s working out pretty well. When I planned my vacation menu, I also planned a week’s worth of meals to use when we came back…I picked stuff that used mostly pantry ingredients, so I could cook without having [...]

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Food waste photo from vacation

23Sep08

Yep, I took one even on vacation! I shopped carefully and tried to eat wisely over the course of the week, but I just made too much pizza and too many pizza bagels. We had some other groceries left, but I packed them in the cooler to bring home. The cooler didn’t [...]

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You can vote for me at Divine Caroline!

23Sep08

My friend Christi kindly nominated me as her favorite home and food blog(thank you, Christi…you are a dear!).
Supposedly I can install this cute little button my site that will allow you to easily vote for me, but WordPress isn’t letting me do it(it might be too much like an ad?). I only have three [...]

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Green oven cleaning ideas, please.

22Sep08

One of my readers wrote to me asking for a cheap and green oven cleaning suggestion(the reader doesn’t have a self-cleaning oven).  I’ve had a self-cleaning oven in nearly every place I’ve lived, so I’m pretty clueless on this subject.  I found several sites which gave some directions for using baking soda to do the [...]

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How much I have saved on diapers so far.

22Sep08

Potty Girl has had a bit of a setback in the last day or two. Sigh. While we were on vacation, she was in pull-ups pretty much fulltime, and towards the end of the week, I could tell she was getting less and less motivated about getting to the toilet in time. [...]

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