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Growing Up In My Kitchen

March 5, 2010

My kitchen is small – very small. It’s like a hallway with counter tops and cupboards along the sides. The counter space left from what the microwave, stand mixer and dish drainer occupy is just enough to roll out bread dough and set the rising bowl behind me.
If my husband comes in to talk to [...]

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Just A Little Less

January 22, 2010

I drink coffee every morning. To that coffee I add a liberal but not overwhelming amount of cream and 2 sugars. It is decadent and I love it. I have at least 2 mugs of it every day. However, I have become more and more aware that my body would be happier if I wasn’t [...]

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Imperfectly Frugal

January 13, 2010

So I had a post written that was supposed to appear today. I was having sort of a crummy day when I wrote it and it had that tone to it. Ya know – a sort of negative tone. I sat down to make some final edits to it and decided – I don’t want [...]

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Frugality Is Not A Contest

November 9, 2009

At the end of this week I’m headed to a Women’s Retreat where I’m going to be teaching a workshop about family frugality. I’ve spent quite a bit of time preparing and determining what information should fill my 75-minute time slot – which of course, has led to a lot of reflection.
I put together a [...]

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Reflecting On Self Discipline

October 29, 2009

When you’re a kid you learn to despise, cringe and dread even hearing the word ‘discipline.’ Hearing a parent utter the word meant something bad was about to happen. I was always grounded from something. Now I know that my parents were pretty much right on with the consequences they chose for my inappropriate or [...]