Using domestic arts to live a simple, frugal life

From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Giving Up A Like For A Love

March 31, 2009

I recently made a choice to let go of something I like because it was beginning to strain something I love. I had held on for too long. The thing I had to let go of was my bread business. It was a small but profitable business that I had started up to help supplement [...]

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Good Reads: Sidewalk Chalk

March 28, 2009

Behold … the chalk version of my family. My daughter made me add the cat – his name is Fenway.
Once you’re finished checking out these great reads from this week be sure to get outside!
Money Stuff
Rethinking The American Dream posted at The Wisdom Journal.
The Importance Of Income Diversity at Gather Little By Little. These days [...]

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My Daughter Won’t Remember We Were Broke

March 27, 2009

My daughter is almost 3 (2 years, 10-1/2 months old). When she was born we lived in a very clean but very small one-bedroom apartment. Her crib was right next to our bed. Very shortly after that we moved into our slightly-larger-than-that home, which is still not all that nice. Her bed is a hand-me-down [...]

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Recycle

March 26, 2009

Recycling is one of those things that everyone knows they should do but can easily toss out reasons why they don’t.
It’s inconvenient.
I don’t have time.
I don’t know which items are recyclable.
Those seem to be the most common reasons. In today’s fast-paced society it goes against everything we do to adopt a habit that takes more [...]

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Reintroducing Bartering

March 25, 2009

I’d been thinking about writing a post about bartering. I actually had a draft started on the topic but I was thinking of waiting until summer to publish it because that’s when I do most of my bartering. This week the topic was mentioned twice that I noticed at Free Money Finance and at Weakonomics. Then, [...]