Let It Go
Another Christmas has come and gone. It‘s been a busy few weeks, full of whiteboard scribblings, scrap paper lists and back-of-the-napkin spending calculations, so let’s catch up. The whiteboard Advent calendar […]
Tag Archives: nonconsumerism
Fence Me In
Yesterday we finally achieved a home improvement goal we have been talking about forever: adding a fence to the back of the yard and thereby closing off the yard completely. […]
Meals on Wheels and Market Hauls
With the arrival of full-blown summer, I find myself vacillating between two extremes. When it all goes right, I am so happy it’s summer and feel like the luckiest mom […]
Have You Seen Green
All the rain lately means the yard is a riot of green. What’s growing out there? Sugar snap peas, garlic, cilantro, onions, arugula, three kinds of lettuce, broccoli, strawberries, runner […]
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, […]
Cookie Bakin’, Wreath Makin’, Doomsday Preppin’
The long Thanksgiving weekend was low-key for us. Thanksgiving was at my sister’s and was very nice. I brought the corn and also made honey-glazed carrots using carrots from the […]
Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming (Almost)
First I want to report something truly amazing: I didn’t go grocery shopping the week of the election. It was so awesome! We just, you know, made do with what […]
