flâner verb to wander around, to stroll, to meander A few things I enjoyed this week from around the internet… Dumpster diving. All the cool kids are doing it. I have several dumpster diving stories involving relatives. I’ve even done a bit myself! (Perhaps I’ll share those stories someday.) It tickles me that dumpster diving […]
Before & after
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What To Do When Your Friend Has a Preemie
Preview: If you’re wondering how to help, what to say, and what to do when your friend has a preemie, read on. I share tips on how to be truly helpful to your friend when she’s going through this difficult experience. Today is World Prematurity Day. It’s no accident that I’m just now, at 6 […]
Nursing a NICU Baby
(Note: Now that my youngest son, a former 27-weeker, is two and thriving, I’m publishing several posts today for World Prematurity Day. This one is about Nursing a NICU Baby.) One of the things I’m proudest of in my life is that my 2 year old is still breastfeeding. It was a difficult journey, to […]
One last time
(Note: This is one of many posts I wrote during my 27-weeker preemie’s NICU journey that never got published. Some of them felt too raw to share at the time. Now that my son is two and thriving, I’m going back and publishing these for World Prematurity Day. Several posts like this will go live […]
Frugal kitchen tips – a tour of my kitchen
Frugal kitchen tips – why? For my family, groceries represent the biggest line item on the budget. We spend more on food than housing. Therefore, working to spend less on food is one of the fastest, most effective ways for us to save money. Maybe the same is true for your family. Welcome to my […]
5 Frugal Things
Quite randomly, I post 5 frugal things I’ve been up to. I find these posts fun to read on other people’s blogs (they give me tightwad inspiration!). 5 frugal things from last week… I had an old sofa to get rid of, so I called our disposal company and scheduled a pickup. They were going […]
Friday flâner
A couple of things I enjoyed this week: Frugal doesn’t mean cheap from AndThenWeSaved – I believe it was the authors of Your Money or Your Life who encourage people to keep a spending diary and after reviewing it, ask: “Did my spending align with my values?” – This is a powerful exercise. If […]
I had an energy audit on my house. Here’s what happened.
When I found out that my electric company performs free energy audits, I asked for one immediately. Even though we don’t own the house we’re currently living in (and therefore won’t be making any upgrades), I knew I could learn a lot of useful information about the house we’ll be buying in a few months, […]
You cast your vote…
… in my survey. Thanks for doing that! (Wait, you thought I was talking about something else?) I learned a lot about you and why you come to this little spot on the ‘net. And just when I was worried that I was boring you with my tales of frugality, you reassured me that “that’s […]