Frugal Babe

We sold a telescope on ebay this week.  We bought it several years ago for $500.  It was a hasty purchase, and we didn’t really shop around much.  But we loved it, and had a lot of fun with it for the first year we had it.  We could see the rings of Saturn and [...]

We got back last night at 1:30am from our long weekend in Moab for the 2007 Munifest.  If you’ve never heard of Muni - mountain unicycling - you’re not alone.  I had never heard of it either until last spring when we were mountain biking and saw some guys riding their unicycles on some crazy terrain.  My [...]

I waited on the hold list at the library for about a month to get “America’s Cheapest Family Gets Your Right On the Money” by Steve and Annette Economides (I think that’s really their last name - they were destined to be frugal!).  I’ve read most of it, and I’m happy to report that we [...]

Last month we switched our health insurance to an HSA (health savings account) qualified plan.  We’ve always had a high deductible, we just had to get a policy that was officially HSA qualified.  We got a $3000 deductible, but it’s for both of us together, and the policy covers 100% after the deductible.  Our old [...]

I really like my library job.  I’m usually happy before, during, and after work.  I love the people I work with, it’s fun and fast-paced, and I love libraries in general.  Most of the people who come into the library are in a good mood - until the dreaded library fine pops up.  I was [...]

We’ve been rearranging all of our rooms lately, and getting rid of lots of stuff that we don’t need.  We took several pieces of furniture to our local thrift store, and it’s made the house feel much more open - turns out we didn’t really have a use for the stuff - it was just [...]

For years, my husband and I have tried to be as healthy as possible.  We don’t eat junk, we exercise, we don’t smoke, we drink very little, we don’t take any medications, and we’ve created a low-stress life for ourselves.  We’re coming up on our fourth anniversary, and we’ve started talking about having a baby.  We’re [...]

While we were in AZ with my in laws, we listened to Dave Ramsey almost every day when we were in the car.  I’m an athiest, so Dave Ramsey’s Christian money management advice has never been top of my list, but most of his money advice seems to be good common sense.  However, I was suprised [...]

We’ve been in Arizona this week, visiting my in-laws.  They’re from Wyoming, but for the past few years they’ve been spending the winter in AZ, in their motor home.  They have a sweet motor home and a sweeter place to park it down here.  They’re in a 55+ community of motor homes and trailers with [...]

In addition to being frugal, another hobby of ours is being as toxin- and chemical-free as possible.  We eat almost exclusively organic food, we use non-toxic laundry soap and dishwasher soap, we use hydrogen peroxide as a mouthwash, we use lavender oil, orange oil, vinegar, water, and baking soda to clean, we installed a reverse osmosis water filter [...]