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Let It Go

December 27, 2017by Gina Leave a comment

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 […]

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Baking, Budget, Cooking, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Green Living, Holiday, Kids

Fence Me In

October 4, 2017by Gina Leave a comment

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. […]

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Baking, Budget, Cooking, Food, Frugality, Kids

Meals on Wheels and Market Hauls

July 1, 2017by Gina 1 Comment

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 […]

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Cooking, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Kids

Have You Seen Green

April 22, 2017by Gina Leave a comment

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 […]

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Cooking, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Kids, the Compact

Finger-Lickin’ Good

February 4, 2017by Gina 1 Comment

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, […]

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Baking, Food, Frugality, Gardening

Cookie Bakin’, Wreath Makin’, Doomsday Preppin’

November 30, 2016by Gina 2 Comments

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 […]

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Baking, Books to Read, Budget, Cooking, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Holiday, Kids

Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming (Almost)

November 21, 2016by Gina Leave a comment

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 […]

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Cooking, Food, Gardening, Green Living, Meandering Musings

Every Night Is a Saturday Night

September 2, 2016by Gina Leave a comment

This week is odd. The boys are at a camp at their school from 8 to 3 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So we get up early, I make lunches, etc. […]

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Budget, Cooking, Downtown, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Kids, vacation

Anatomy of a Purchase

September 29, 2015by Gina Leave a comment

Last week I purchased a queen-size quilt for my daughter’s bed. I’ve decided to try to rate this purchase according to various factors, both nonconsumer and non-nonconsumer. I’m always able […]

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Frugality, Renovation, the Compact

You Old Bag

September 14, 2015by Gina Leave a comment

We had an awesome lazy weekend. I really needed it. There was nothing going on, no events, trips, or sports. Kids played outside with their friends; my husband and I […]

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