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  • Low-Spend January: Day 2

    I did soooo much better today than yesterday!  Woo hoo! I wish I could say I didn’t spend a penny…but I did spend $2.50 on an eBook.  I bought The Peaceful Mom’s Save More, Clip Less.  Finding this booklet, and for a mere $2.50, was very timely since I’ve been collecting my newspapers for the…

  • Low-Spend January: Day 1

    Day 1 could definitely have gone better!  Actually, scratch that…I should say that I could have done better!  I have to take responsibility for my actions.  (That’s one of my resolutions!) I spent most of the day helping my dad by packing and moving everything in my mom’s beloved china cabinet.  He’s moving to a…

  • One day more…

    It’s the very last day of 2012!  Although I usually feel like huge last hurrahs are purely setting myself up for failure, I always feel compelled to do them! I’m making a huge batch of Kraft mac-n-cheese for lunch.  <—  Processed and normal pasta last hurrah! I’m making a big pan of boxed brownies.  <—  Processed,…

  • Our Simple(r) Christmas

    Merry Christmas!! 😀 The stockings are emptied, the presents unwrapped and my children are happily playing with their gifts whilst munching sandwiches and potato chips (my simple Christmas lunch!). I am happy because I feel like we succeeded greatly with keeping Christmas simple and frugal, with the emphasis being on family togetherness and not what…

  • Getting Psyched!

    I’ve sort of been cheating, since I’ve started working on my list of projects that I plan to tackle in order to make 2013 “A Year of Less.” I attacked my bathroom counter and drawers.  I tossed all the old or questionable make-up and toiletries including duplicate items or things I just flat out don’t use. …

  • A Year of Less: A Low-Spend January

    What better way to kick of our new year than with a no-spend month? What is a no-spend month, you ask?  I suppose each of us could define our own.  Perhaps on the more radical end of the spectrum, one could vow not to spend a penny on anything.   Maybe another person’s idea of a no-spend…

  • Forever and always…

    2009 marked our 15th wedding anniversary.  Since we eloped and never actually had a wedding, we decided to have a vow renewal at a local chapel!  

  • What is A Year of Less?

    Have you heard the term, “radical simplicity?”  While I’ve long loved the idea of it, I’ve never quite been able to fully embrace it. Years ago I was a member of an online community called Amitymama.com.   One of our longtime friends and members posted a series about how she and her family changed their lifestyle…

  • Tamale Time!!

    Even though I’m not of Latin descent in any way, shape or form (Jewish-American girl here!) I love, love, LOVE the Mexican holiday tradition of making TAMALES!! This year I plan to make chicken, pork and beef tamales. I’m starting with chicken.  I’m sure I don’t quite do things the authentic way, but we find them oh,…

  • Fu-disaster-ge

    I made that simple, two-ingredient fudge that’s all the rage on the interwebs this holiday season, and it didn’t turn out for me at all.  Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I used semi-sweet chocolate chips?   I used a bag of those with a can of Pillsbury Chocolate Fudge icing.  The…