A DIY Bike Cargo Area

March 29, 2012

My husband recently spruced up his bike to make it easier to carry stuff, and I thought I’d share his cool DIY design.  In the past, he always used a backpack to haul stuff on his bike, or he put stuff in next to our son if he was hauling the kid-trailer.  But now he [...]

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Simple Birthdays–Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

March 21, 2012

Both of my boys have birthdays soon.  One in April (turning one) and the other in May (turning four!)  As far as birthday plans go, my husband’s parents will be here visiting for the one-year-old’s birthday, but we have no plans to do anything out of the ordinary.  He’s turning one – as long as [...]

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Negativity Gets Us Nowhere

March 19, 2012

A few days ago I saw an article about people who had retired early, with a few details about each person’s situation.  The retirement age of the people profiled in the article ranged from 33 (Jacob from Early Retirement Extreme – who isn’t actually retired anymore) to 52, and most of them have been retired for [...]

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$10 For You To Spend At My New Favorite Online Grocery Store

March 12, 2012

I have no idea how I’m just now discovering Vitacost, but I’m pretty darn excited about it.  Keep reading and I’ll tell you all about it – including how you can get $10 to spend there on your own groceries!  I’ve been focusing on our grocery bill this year, working to reduce the amount we [...]

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A New Look And Some Great Links

March 9, 2012

My little blog got a facelift today, thanks to my awesome husband.  It was time for a change, and I love the clean new look.  Both the boys are in bed and my husband is down in his basement office working late tonight, so I’ve had some time to just browse around online.  Well, and [...]

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An Amazing Sale On Kelp Noodles And All Sorts Of Other Great Food

March 7, 2012

Last year, we switched from regular whole-grain pasta to kelp noodles, and we love the change.  Kelp noodles have almost no calories (I think 6 per serving, or something ridiculous like that), and they absorb the flavor of whatever sauce you put on them (no fishy taste at all).  We like an Asian style sauce [...]

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My Recycled Kitchen Scrubbie

March 1, 2012

The scrubbie I use at the kitchen sink has been dead for quite a while.  Today it fell apart and I could no longer ignore the fact that I probably should have replaced it about a month ago.  My next shopping trip is scheduled for March 12th.  That’s a long time from now.  And I [...]

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Fun With Ice

February 27, 2012

I got inspired this weekend by Regina of Mommy’s Making A Mess (lots of good ideas over there!).  So our son and I whipped up some colored water and made our own ice blocks.  I don’t have any food coloring, so we thought about what we could use instead.  I had a beet in the [...]

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Our Frugal And Nutritional Breakfast

February 24, 2012

There are no boxes of cereal in our house.  No frozen waffles or toaster pastries either.  Sometimes there are homemade muffins in the freezer, but we usually eat those as dessert or a snack.  Breakfast around here is an oat/quinoa mixture that my husband makes for us every morning while I’m cleaning the house sleeping. [...]

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Back To Basics In The Shower

February 23, 2012

A couple weeks ago, I decided to make my own body scrub out of salt and oil.  I’ve been using it ever since, and I love it.  My “recipe” is very simple: I spent $3 on a big container of coarse sea salt, $8 on a large bottle of almond oil, and used olive oil [...]

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