Contentment

I recently read Justine Bateman’s new book, Face (from the library, naturally). It’s a collection of essays about aging, and the premise is that our …

A reader left a comment on my post about my washing machine breaking, with the suggestion that her questions could be a post topic. In …

Recently, on a sunny Saturday morning, Mr. FG and I were kayaking out on the river our neighborhood borders. There were so many reasons to …

If you have a big fat home-improvement budget, then making your home beautiful is no great challenge. But since most of us have a lot …

Long Intro: On Monday, I wrote a Five Frugal Things post that mentioned CoolSculpting. And I wrote a few words about body image, and about …

This quote, on a sign at Jimmy John’s, caught my eye recently. (I tried googling to see who came up with it, but I can’t …

Because this is a very good exercise to do on the regular. 😉  Join me in the comments! The trees are getting leaves. The myriad …

Last week when I posted a few quotes about contentment, there was a little discussion in the comments about how contentment can lead to complacency. …

We live in a two-level house, and there’s a bathroom on each level. Upstairs, by the kids’ bedrooms, is the bathroom I painted gray this …

1. I have a sweet new niece! There were a few scares during my sister-in-law’s pregnancy, but this little miss is here safe and sound. …