6 Simple Ways We Are Saving Money
Now that we’ve achieved some sense of normalcy around here after nearly five years of constant ups and downs, we’ve been able to be a bit more proactive in little things that can make a …
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Now that we’ve achieved some sense of normalcy around here after nearly five years of constant ups and downs, we’ve been able to be a bit more proactive in little things that can make a …
I found an interesting article this weekend from the London Times. Columnist Minette Marin wrote Waste not, want not: here comes the new austerity chic (Wayback Machine). I had two grandmothers who …
I want to preface this post by saying something about these questions I’m throwing out while we’re in the Christmas busyness. As with the question about educational items and gift giving, …
I know this is something a lot of people have been talking about, but I still have to write about it! Pampers just went up 10% this past week ($2/box). Half and half went up 10%. Those are the two I …
I mentioned in a post last week that I think this may be a bad time to buy a house. I thought I would elaborate on this just a little bit. No, this isn’t a financial blog and I’m not a …
I mentioned recently that we purchased a portable air conditioner for our upstairs. We live in a 1925 two-story Craftsman house and the duct system is less than desirable. Although we have a new …
Lately I’ve been thinking about frugality quite a bit. It must be a combination of the fall harvest time and business being slow that makes me focus on ways to make money and stretch what we do …
I found these quotes in a 2002 Parade Magazine article by Andrew Tobias… Annual income, twenty pounds; annual expenditure, nineteen pounds; result, happiness. Annual income, twenty pounds; …
A few months ago Pam sent me links to two articles: The Power of the Home Economy (now archived) and Love is not Enough: Toward the Recovery of a Family Economics (via Wayback Machine now) They were …