hobbies

A New Sewing Machine

June 22, 2008

I bought a sewing machine today.  Now I can make things without having to wait until we’re visiting my parents.  We’re in the middle of painting our house (I took a break from it this evening to go pick up the sewing machine), so I have to wait until that’s done before I get into [...]

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99 Cent Mondays

June 17, 2008

My parents go thrift store shopping every Monday.  It’s mostly a hobby for them; they enjoy the scavenger hunt that ensues in a thrift store.  And Savers stores – in our state anyway – have 99 cent sales every Monday.  Items with particular color tags are 99 cents on Monday.  So the goal is to [...]

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Scrapbooks For Half Price

June 8, 2008

Yesterday I put the baby in his sling and we walked over to Hobby Lobby. I was on a mission to find a scrapbook to use as a baby book for him, and I wanted to get a couple of 8.5 x 11 scrapbooks that are going to become Christmas presents. When better to buy [...]

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A Good Frugal Day

June 6, 2008

I had a good money day today.  I went to a maternity clothing consignment store and sold three items that never fit right while I was pregnant.  I got them for a total of $7 in thrift stores, and the store I took them to gave me $15 for the three.  Sweet!  I have a [...]

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Free Bicycle Fun

August 14, 2007

Last Sunday, I had to work a 4 hour shift at the library, but I was off by 5pm.  I rode my bike the one mile to our house, and was loving what a beautiful afternoon it was.  We ate dinner on our front porch, and then decided to go for a bike ride together. [...]

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More On My Crafty Cards, and Consignment Adventures

August 8, 2007

I just got back from taking my card samplesto the store I found on Sunday… now I have to wait a week for them to look over my stuff and get back to me about whether they want to carry my cards in their store.  I decided to hold off on the other two stores [...]

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Can I Make Money With My Crafty Cards?

August 5, 2007

For the last few years, I’ve been making greeting cards for our family and friends.  I’ve also made sets of photo greeting cards and given them as Christmas presents, with 10 cards and envelopes tied in a bunch with pretty string.  Time and again recipients have told me that I should sell my cards, but I’d [...]

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Races and a Budget-Challenging Weekend

May 30, 2007

Ok, so much for my decision to not run any more races for a while.  I have no idea what went wrong on Monday, but I had my worst-ever 10k finish.  They haven’t posted exact times yet, but my watch was showing about 48 minutes.  Ouch.  That’s almost 4 minutes slower than I should have [...]

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My Thoughts On Goals

December 24, 2006

I’ve always been a goal setter. Be it school, work, or money, I set goals. I don’t normally write them down, but they’re always front and center in my head. I just read a post by Millionaire Artist about her new goal screensaver – very creative. It got me thinking – should I write down [...]

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More Christmas non-shopping

November 27, 2006

Last year, we went to New Zealand in October to visit friends. We had just bought our first digital camera, and J spent lots of time testing the various features for taking close-up pictures. His subjects were generally flowers and plants, which seem to bloom with very little effort all over NZ. When we got [...]

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