It occurred to me recently that buying stock is probably quite a lot more expensive than making your own….
Category: Passions
All my posts about things-about-which-I-am-passionate-other-than-writing: you’ll find posts here on parenting, knitting, cooking, frugality, the environment, gardening and whatever else catches my eye this week.
Frugal Friday – Almost-Free DTV
I keep getting mailings from my erstwhile cable company wooing me to come back. “From $115 a month!” they cry, as if that’s a good thing. Instead, I fire up my digital-ready LCD TV (which does not need to cost the earth See?) and make sure my $30 indoor antenna is pointing East North East,… Continue reading Frugal Friday – Almost-Free DTV
Millennial Mom Monday – New Traditions
Getting married and having children means blending the traditions of your own family with those of your spouse. This really shows up around special occasions, like Christmas and birthdays. Our first Christmas together, I hadn’t thought to tell my husband that, in my family, Santa had begun to fill the stockings of the grown-ups as… Continue reading Millennial Mom Monday – New Traditions
Frugal Friday – Victorian Parlour Games
This Friday night, instead of shelling out your hard-earned dollars for a movie all of you can agree on but none of you will love, gather the family in your version of the Parlour and try out some good old Victorian Parlour Games. Kids will love them, you’ll spend time together, and everyone will be… Continue reading Frugal Friday – Victorian Parlour Games
Fried Potatoes
This is a great way to use up left-over baked or boiled or roast potatoes (if you ever have such a thing). Delicious, nutritious and super-simple. Even my kids will eat this, and Weight Watchers approves too! INGREDIENTS 1 large potato or several smaller ones Olive Oil Salt METHOD If your potato is already cooked,… Continue reading Fried Potatoes
Millennial Mothers – The Joy of…
What about you? What has hanging out with little kids brought back into your life?
Frugal Gifts for Christmas
I’ve just added a tutorial over at my other blog, about how to make these cookie-ingredient stuffed bags for $0.50 a piece. Knot Knitting, so you know, Knot Here.
Frugal Friday – Gift Bags
My kids have a lot of classmates. 41. Plus three teachers. I’d like to give them all a little something, but I don’t want to buy more plastic cr*p, litter the world with wrapping paper, or spend a fortune. Or shop. So I decided to make gifts.
Better Breakfasts – Perfect Oatmeal
My Better Breakfast quest continues – with Oatmeal! Mr Kellog may have had a point (we do need more fiber in our diets) but his refined cereals just don’t cut it as a morning meal for me. The carbs burn off and leave me hungry. The sugar makes me sluggish. I need protein! I need… Continue reading Better Breakfasts – Perfect Oatmeal
Working Mother
So my call came; we did the preliminary catching up and had just started on the business at hand when my cell phone started bleating. I knew, of course, straight away. I didn’t even have to check the number to know it was the school…