New here? Thankful Thursday is something we’ve been doing in these COVID times; a (frugal and free) exercise to help us hunt for the good …

listening to -Podcasts….I go in fits and spurts with podcasts. I get really behind, and then I catch up on them all at once when …

1. I got a $54 refund at Aldi A few weeks ago, Aldi had a special 3-pack of their organic, grass-fed ground beef; 4.5 pounds …

  (I first published this recipe in 2009, before the advent of printable recipes. So, here it is with fresh pictures, a printable recipe card, …

What I Spent I was a grocery shopping slacker this week again. I got a $25 Hungry Harvest box, did a quick $27 trip to Harris Teeter, …

New here? Thankful Thursday is something we’ve been doing in these COVID times; a (frugal and free) exercise to help us hunt for the good …

1. I mended our bench cover (again) I’ve mended this at least 2-3 times before (see this post) but after I washed it this latest time, …

The online world today is filled with deals. So I have two things to say: 1. It is ok if you don’t take advantage of …

The S’s are all lining up nicely there. 😉 Sonia has some knitted friends that she would like to sell, so I thought Small Business …

What I Spent   The only grocery spending I did this week was a quick stop at Aldi on Monday to pick up a ham …

For most of my blog’s history, I have made a 50-item thankful list on Thanksgiving Day.   But this year, blog readers and I have …

1. I cut Sonia and Zoe’s hair Sonia wanted a trim, which is pretty easy to do on wavy hair. Any mistakes are quite invisible! …

Hey, everyone! A reader from Georgia emailed me yesterday to let me know that she’s getting all political ads on my site right now. So, …

This week I am thankful: for my happy red shoes Thank you, eBay! for the readers who signed up for my food waste course There …

1. I made a quesadilla to use up some elderly tortillas We had two tortillas that had been sitting around for a while, unloved and …