It’s July now, which means back to school sales are starting on school supplies in the United States. While most people know that they have a once a year shot to get the best prices on school supplies and now is the time to stock up on those items, what many of us aren’t willing…
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a goal list. I’ve had several requests to publish my list for the week again. Here is my over-ambitious list of goals for this week! Garden Goals: 1. Paint plinth for the front garden when it arrives 2. Install plinth and urn 3….
I picked grapes, basil, Thai Basil, tomatoes, chamomile, one small cucumber, and apples from the garden. Zinnia Seedlings I planted zinnias, vincas, Swiss chard, Armenian cucumbers, and melons from seed in the front yard. The zinnias, chard, and cucumbers came up already! I collected seeds in my garden to plant again from larkspur and lettuce. I fixed two…
A few freebies that I wanted to share: Amazon.com is offering a free 30-day trial membership to Amazon prime, which includes not only 2-day shipping on any order (no minimum order size) but also the ability to borrow books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (one free book per month), and instantly watch over 40,000…
It was Sunday, June 30th, 2008 when I started my website with a free host site. I picked a name and found a host and template site. The next day, July 1st, I started designing the site. I told my husband I would be done in three weeks. You can stop laughing now. Here it…
I picked Genovese basil, Thai basil, and tomatoes from the garden. We also harvested Thompson’s seedless green grapes and Dorsett Golden Apples. I picked an aloe leaf from my aloe plant to put on the sunburn I got while I was out watering some things in the garden by hand. We watched the space station move…
Cooking from scratch, rather than using a box mix or pre-prepared ingredients is an obvious money saver. Taking it one extra step further by making the ingredients for those meals shaves a considerable amount from the grocery bill. What can you make at home that will save you money (and also taste better) in the…
Neighbors I’ve never met before are starting to talk to me. “Stunning!” one man said to my husband and I last week as he came down the street to get his mail. “It’s really beautiful!” said another man. A woman stopped her car in the middle of the road, rolled down her window, and yelled out that…
My brother sent us a beautiful sympathy bouquet that also included a vase that I love. We were given some sliced watermelon and 2 loaves of bread. My mom gave me a pot of white spider mums. I am going to plant it in the front garden. We returned the extra dirt that I purchased…
This is the view from my front door. (There is a pendant light right above this table). The table was free from my mom this week; I have wanted a small round table in this spot since we moved in (my husband would prefer a side table, but I am thrilled!) The sunflowers are from…
I met my in-laws a few days before our wedding. My husband had found an apartment for us, which was mine alone for a month (he stayed with his brother) until we were married. We moved all of both of our things into it before we were married. My in-laws asked to see…
Buying in bulk saves me a lot of money. On most items, it saves me more than I can save on an item with coupons–plus I end up with a whole lot more of it. It’s one of the fastest and least expensive ways to build your pantry. There are lots of ways to buy…