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Unintended Vacation
Woah! Looks like I’ve taken an unintended vacation from this place. I’ve had some health issues that I’ve needed to deal with, and that has taken up a lot of my time. I also have taken up (again) my old hobby of crochet, and just st...
Our Dependence on Foreign oil
Price of Addiction ### to Foreign Oil...
Cheap Easy Dinner
Yesterday I went to the grocery store, and I spent about $50 for 2 weeks. I bought some english muffins, pasta sauce and pizza cheese. Total for those items was about $6.00. So I made some English Muffin Pizzas. I split one english muffin, added 2 t...
It’s been a while
Since I wrote a post, and I sincerely apologize. It’s getting to be the end of the semester, and with finals coming up, I just haven’t had the time to post. BUT, I wanted to give you all an update….. Finally got my $10 iTunes gift ...
Here’s the deal
This is my blog. I do with it what I see fit. I moderate ALL comments, due to the rash of spammers and judgmental people lately. I will respond to an attack contained in a comment however I see fit. If you don’t like what you are reading, move ...
Another Comment I’d like to Address
Over the Falls Fran writes: You had a death in the family that you have to travel out of the country for, You have to drain your “emergency fund”, God presents you with a $300 gift from no-where, and the first thing you do is to go to Coach and b...
A comment I’d like to address
Enough Wealth wrote: I had cable for a few years but the basic package cost around $40 a month a wasn’t worth the cost. Funny how lots of bloggers trying to pay of debts are still paying for things like cable, netflix, second cars, eating out, etc....
Going Paperless
I have decided that I have too much clutter in my apartment. Paper clutter, things I haven’t touched in years, just a whole bunch of stuff. My home isn’t dirty, because I have a great little storage area where I keep everything hidden. So...
Weekend wrap up
This past weekend, P came to visit me. We had a great time! His plane arrived Friday night, right on schedule, and we immediately went home. He gave me the greatest Valentine’s gift; Mammoth Crocs, a bag I had seen at Harris Teeter when I was v...
7 Random Facts About Me
I was “tagged” by Ryan at Erasing our Debt, to reveal seven random facts about myself. Here’s the rule for this: 1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you. 2. Post these rules on your blog. 3. List seven random and/or weird facts a...
Quick Notes
I wanted to thank all of my subscribers! You all, 42 as of today, really make blogging worthwhile to me. My blogoversary is coming up in 20 days, I’m hoping I can do a couple of giveaways! The other day I noted that I paid off Card A. Well, I c...
Affluenza - a paper I wrote
Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable add...
Busy Saturday, Applesauce and more!
Today I knew was going to be busy. A trip to the laundromat, housework and homework. Somewhere in there I knew I wanted to make some homemade applesauce. Applesauce 4 medium cooking apples, pared and each cut into fourths 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup packed...
Today is the day
I asked for a refund of my tuition…..well, student loans. Yesterday I was notified that my student loans were deposited into my student account and that I could ask for a refund. I had previously planned on using that to cover expenses that I c...
Early Christmas Gift
Yesterday I trekked the 2 hours across the state to visit my family for Christmas. I wasn’t here for about 10 minutes when I was shuffled out the door and schlepped to a movie. PS, I Love You. I think it was a great movie, I was crying within 3...
16 Inches of snow later
Well, the Nor’Easter blew through here yesterday. I was determined not to leave the house at all yesterday, and I succeeded, for the most part. I had to move the car for the plow guy last night, but that technically isn’t leaving the prop...
Life expectancies of some womens items
I was in the shower this morning, and I started to think about when I bought my loofah. I can’t remember it’s been so long. So it got me thinking about how long you can use certain household items before you should replace them. Loofah S...
Fall Back tonight
Just a friendly reminder to set your clocks back 1 hour tonight if you observe Daylight Savings Time. Don’t forget to change your smoke detector batteries too! ...
