Miscellany

Frugal things from yesterday

May 22, 2013

Yesterday I: -made a batch of homemade yogurt. This stuff costs less than $1 per quart, which makes it a total bargain. -used my honey-glazed roll recipe to make some big sandwich buns. Making loaves of plain bread from scratch saves money, but the savings are much more impressive when you start making things like [...]

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Miscellany

May 20, 2013

You know the drill…a post full of random bits of things that don’t go together. ______________________________________ I’m really happy that all of my tulips from Aldi came up. I am not happy that the surround-the-bulbs-with-crushed-glass trick failed to deter the voles, and that all of the tulips except for those in pots are now dead. [...]

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Lately, I’ve been….

May 6, 2013

…making my way through the seasonal clothing swap. It’s always more work than I remember. And more mess. Plus, I have a big pile of clothes by my sewing machine that need modifying (have to make them skinnier for Sonia, and then not quite so skinny for Zoe when it’s her turn to wear them). [...]

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Right now, I’m…

April 10, 2013

…a little tired. Which might be bad news for writing a Right Now post, because it could be a bit of a downer. We’ll see.  Can my Pollyanna tendencies pull through??? Read on to find out! (isn’t this exciting?) …feeling slightly disorganized. …in the middle of doing the seasonal clothing switch for my kids (which [...]

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Recently…

March 13, 2013

-I made an ice cream crunch cake with peanut butter swirl ice cream on the top and mocha cookie dough ice cream on the bottom. And I did actually like it, even though I generally despise anything remotely coffee-flavored. -I’ve been reading a book about consumer psychology.  Interesting stuff, that.  I’ll report back when I’ve [...]

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L.L. Bean, Yogurt, Onions, Piano Teaching, and Swagbucks

January 21, 2013

Are you wondering how these things are related? They’re not. That’s why this is a miscellany post. ______________________________________ L.L. Bean is awesome. On Facebook the other day, I shared that I bought a (made-in-the-USA-woo!) floor rug from L.L. Bean after putting off the purchase for a long while (our old mat was seriously worn out!). [...]

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