In our current headline-driven, Pinterest-y culture, I see many promises of “easy”. Five Easy Ways to Meal Prep Easy Workout Plans for Busy Moms Easy DIY Furniture Plans Budgeting Made Easy I understand the intent behind these headlines, but I think they end up doing people a disservice. If these things were truly easy, why […]
10 Inexpensive DIY Christmas Tree Ornament Ideas
Yesterday, I was adding a printable to my no-bake cinnamon applesauce ornament recipe, and I started googling to find other easy DIY Christmas ornament ideas. And lemme tell you, there are a lot of annoying websites out there that just have photos of crafty Christmas ornaments with no tutorial/pattern at all. Not to mention the […]
WIS, WWA | Plus a little gratefulness
Last Friday when I wrote the WIS, WWA post, we’d been to the ER twice (once for Sonia’s asthma, once for Mr. FG). We brought our total to three with a very long Friday night/Saturday visit for Mr. FG, who has still been plagued by ear/vertigo problems. This has been pretty un-fun for everyone involved, […]
How to make No-Bake Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments
When I was a kid, a friend of mine gave me a cinnamon applesauce heart, and I remember keeping it as one of my special treasures for quite some time. I think I kept it in one of my dresser drawers, and I remember that it smelled good for ages. I’d kind of forgotten about […]
Five Frugal Things | a $217 medical bill error, for starters!
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. 1. I discovered a $217 medical billing error. People: Always check your Explanation of Benefits statements! I’ve had a long run of error-free bills with Cigna, which could have made me lazy about […]
It’s going to be imperfect. Keep trying anyway.
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. The other day, I opened a new bar of soap from Third Day Naturals, and I set the wax paper wrapper aside to add to my compost. That was a nice no-waste feeling, […]
