I Love Cheap Thrills
Baby, I don’t need dollar bills to have fun… on vacation. Vacation wins: I booked directly with the hotel chain and joined their rewards club (for free) and got a […]
Tag Archives: Frugal
Calamity Kitchen
Happy holidays from the McGuires’, where the house is still kind of trashed and many surfaces still bear a dusting of fire extinguisher residue. But more on that later! We […]
Slow Burn
Here we are at the end of September October beginning of November. I don’t remember what all happened at the end of the summer except it rained a lot and […]
The End of the Innocence
So did you do your homework? Did you read the article? What, you thought I was going to post it and then forget about it, like I do all the […]
Life in Grayscale
Recently I took part in the “black and white photo challenge” on Facebook. It was fun and reminded me of when I was around 19 and mildly obsessed with taking […]
Adventure Is Out There
Aidan is 10, going on 11 this fall. He told me recently that play dates should now be called “hang outs.” He has at least 3 friends living within a […]
My Name Is Squirrel
Wednesday, end of March. Spring soccer has begun, with a chilly game on Sunday for Aidan. Sebastian has baseball practice tonight but we will miss it due to a […]
Finger-Lickin’ Good
After my sad week last week, I’m back on the cooking horse and feeling pumped! Sunday night, I made soft chicken tacos with Crock-Pot salsa chicken, corn tortillas, romaine lettuce, […]
Purchasing Power
Monday, MLK Day, the kids and I went to the grocery store first thing in the morning and bought some items for a local food pantry. […]
Saturday Interlude
Yesterday, Saturday, was like a little oasis wedged in between crazy days. Gemma and Sebastian had soccer, but those games are laid back. The kind of games where if one […]
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