Using domestic arts to live a simple, frugal life

From the monthly archives:

April 2009

What Has Impatience Cost You?

April 30, 2009

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where impatience cost you a great deal more than it saved you? Perhaps you were speeding only to be stopped and given a ticket. Maybe you made an impulsive purchase on what you thought to be a one-time deal, only to find you’d overpaid. Have you ever [...]

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How I Became Domestic

April 29, 2009

I don’t think my childhood and high school friends would have ever guessed that I’d turn out to be so domestic. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I would have guessed it. My mom had me take sewing lessons and I didn’t really catch on very well. I learned to crochet a little [...]

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Quick Tip: Sliced Pepperoni

April 28, 2009

If you’re going to buy pepperoni for pizza, calzones, salads or any other purpose, it’s almost always a better deal to get it sliced fresh from your deli rather than buying it pre-packaged. I don’t ever need any more than a quarter pound of it, so I generally pay around $1.50 as opposed to around [...]

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Collective Inkwell Fiction Contest

April 26, 2009

I have a little something different for you today. It has absoltely nothing to do with frugality, family or simple living. Today you get a story. Collective Inkwell is holding a creative fiction contest. The winner receives some cool stuff (if you’re a Wordpress blogger) and I would love to win, so I’m giving it [...]

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Good Reads: Caught A Smile

April 25, 2009

(I caught this smile (which I’m never able to catch on camera) when we went to see baby chicks at a friend’s house a few days ago.)
This weekend promises to be the warmest of the year so far where I live. There is nothing like a perfect-weather-weekend to put you in an awesome mood. Even [...]