Tell me about your dream house
When I was a teenager in the 1990s, I thought that if you grew up and “made it”, you’d live in a colonial-ish house with …
Q&A
The penny is going away. How do you feel about that?
The U.S. recently stopped minting pennies, largely because they cost more to produce than they are worth. And a reader wrote in to ask if …
Q&A | Bad Ads, bread freezing, and do I still bake bread/use my SLR?
Ok, first up, based on some emails: if you run across an ad on my blog that is auto-playing with sound, or is covering up …
Q&A | butter dish or napkin holder?
Is your cloth napkin holder a repurposed butter dish? A couple of people asked variations of this question after taking the virtual tour of my …
Q&A | strength training, banana ice cream, pan sauce, and Lisey baking
Miscellany posts are random because they are collections of unrelated things from my own brain. But Q&A posts are random because they are collections of …
Would I go back?
I was having an email conversation with a reader, and in it, she asked this (which I am sharing with her permission): I was wondering …
“This isn’t how I’d write my story”
I got an email from a reader who has dealt with some difficult situations with one of her children, and also having to move away …
CIT bank, nursing watches, and cilantro sauce
Hi. I’ve been reading your blog for a while and remember at one point seeing a blog post about your banking situation. I would appreciate …
“I’m not willing to spend money on that”
In my Frugal Girl Facebook group, reader Reese shared this article and said: Has loud budgeting been talked about? I’m usually pretty polite about saying, …
Q&A | What about labor and delivery??
First, there’s a question that keeps coming up in the comments, so I’ll answer it here! Some of you were surprised that I took a …
On weathering this economic uncertainty
A reader wrote to me the other day to ask if I would talk about weathering these uncertain economic times (tariffs, a tumultuous stock market, …
Nursing School Advice From an Almost-Graduate
Hello, everyone! Today we have a question that is rather specific about nursing school; it comes from a reader who wanted help assisting her coaching …
Q&A | Do I ever eat rice instead of potatoes?
I’m just wondering… do you EVER eat rice, instead of potatoes? -Cindy I do cook rice sometimes, like when I make bourbon chicken or some …
What do you do when you’re tired of cooking?
The other day Jana left this comment in response to another reader: “Tired of cooking at this point” really resonates with me. Why doesn’t Kristen …
Q&A | How do you organize digital photos?
We are just gonna do one question today because last night when I was trying to do work on my computer, my power kept flickering …