Greetings All,
As a newlywed who is also newly-expecting, my life has been a bit more-errr-hectic of late. I figured things would settle down after all the Thank you’s were mailed, but the “Honeymoon Baby” pregnancy meant that we simply went from one life-changing event to another. We’re still working on our house (you’ll recall it [...]
Archive > August 2009
Date Night–a Cool Frugal Tool
Grilled Chicken Shwunkliano
Greetings,
I haven’t posted a great recipe in awhile (though you can always check out my old posts on the right hand column under “Recipes”), so I thought I would blog one of my favorite summer dishes. It’s darned frugal when the veggies are cheap (or home grown)—when I made this last week, this pretty salad ran about $1.05/serving. [...]
Credit Card Reform–Act One, Scene One
Greetings Readers,
Unless you have been living under a rock, you probably know that Obama signed into law several credit card changes back in May (under the “Credit Card Accountability Responsibility & Disclosure Act of 2009, or “CARD” Act). The first round of these changes takes effect this Thursday, August 20, 2009. Here’s an overview of [...]
Is TV your Reality?
Hi All,
About three months ago, I began a little experiment at home. I cut the cable. I didn’t even buy a converter box. To be certain, my new hubby and me get ZERO reception.
To be completely honest, we did keep my DVD collection, which is fairly substantial, but we don’t have a Netflix account or anything [...]
Internet access at home: Do you really need it?
Once upon a time everyone had land lines. They were so common that people just called them “phones”, and they were considered necessary expenses. Even after cell phones came out initially, most people kept the older “tethered” phones. I remember seeing a story on the local news about this eccentric guy who ditched his land [...]
Free Freebies…..for Free
Hi All,
As this beautiful summer rolls along, I have had the good fortune of coming across some great free stuff via various trusty websites. I have tested the sites linked below, but you’ll likely want to use your spam email account when you sign up for many things “just in case”. Enjoy!!
HIF—Hey It’s Free is [...]
Itchy Trigger Finger?
Hi there,
Over the past week or so, I have had a resurgeance of my old pal, temptation. As I have been fairly successful at living a more frugal or more modest or simpler lifestyle, I have immensely enjoyed the security having an emergency fund brings, and knowing that if my hubby or I got laid [...]