Make The Bread, Buy The Butter
In our continuing quest to be frugal, while still enjoying the food we love to eat, we like to try new ways of saving money in the food budget and new ways to cook on one income. Ms. J heard … Continue reading
Tag Archives: frugal
Where’s my coffee cup?!
How do I keep up with an energetic three year old all day, without collapsing into a heap before the end of the day ? After all, I’m an old man of 47, with only a small percentage of the … Continue reading
My X-Man powers
I have developed an incredible new superpower. I can see into the future. If I were one of the X-Men, this is what I would be called on to do to help save humanity from the evil mutants. Only problem … Continue reading
The Purple Beast Vacuum!
One of our vacuums broke last month. I say one, since Ms. J and I already had just about every appliance when we joined our two cluttered households, creating one very cluttered and over applianced and furnitured household. So, we … Continue reading
Look, But Don’t Touch
There’s an article in the latest issue of Orion magazine by David Sobel titled ‘Look, Don’t Touch The Problem with Environmental Education”. Mr. Sobel writes that it seems as though the way we are teaching kids about nature has backfired … Continue reading
Blueberry Time
Two weeks ago, we went strawberry picking . We really should have picked more, since we ate them much faster than I had expected, and now the fresh strawberries are already gone from the area farms. But it’s blueberry season now, … Continue reading
Blueberry Time
Two weeks ago, we went strawberry picking . We really should have picked more, since we ate them much faster than I had expected, and now the fresh strawberries are already gone from the area farms. But it’s blueberry season … Continue reading
Strawberry Time
One of the things I had meant to do with this blog was to write about how we save money while still enjoying ourselves, which I haven’t been doing a lot of, so here’s a story that should fit that … Continue reading
Toddler: 1 My Glasses: 0
As fits my frugal nature, the history of my glasses is typical. My glasses are 14 years old. That’s right, I’ve been wearing the same pair of glasses since 1998. They have unfortunately met their match though in Mr. C. … Continue reading
T is for Toys
I walk around the house picking up pieces of toys, maybe because I don’t want to step on them, or I already have stepped on them, or maybe I don’t want to vacuum them up. I put them in my … Continue reading