A Thrifty Challenge

As a foodie… and as someone who loves fresh produce… my grocery bills can get pretty high.  Between the piles of fruits and veg, the nice cheeses that we bring home, and treats like fun spices that somehow find their way into the cart, I often find myself with teeth on edge, wondering how I [...]

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The Dining Room, Before and After-ish

There were no Labor Day picnics or barbeques in this household this year.  No, we decided that the best way to celebrate Labor Day weekend was with some good, old-fashioned hard labor.  Isn’t that right, Comrades?  (Just kidding… about the Comrades thing, anyway.  I took enough college economics classes to know what doesn’t work.)  But, unfortunately, [...]

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Organizing the Junk Drawer

Ah, the dreaded junk drawer.  We all have one.  (At least, I think we all do.  If you’ve managed to de-junkify your life… please teach me.)  Mine was getting out of hand – even more so than junk drawers usually are – so I decided to do something about it. Here’s the scary before: Eek!  [...]

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TBYT: An Organized Pantry

This post is part of a series on Taking Back Your Time.  TBYT focuses on the little habits we all can cultivate to spare those extra minutes, seconds, and hours in each day, so that we have more time to do the things we really enjoy… like blogging! “A thing of beauty is a joy [...]

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Take Back Your Time!

Serenity now! You may have noticed that my blog posts have been somewhat sporadic recently.  Actually, that may be an understatement.  A couple of people have asked me what’s going on, and to put any lingering doubts to rest: I’m alive, I’m not in jail, and I haven’t run off to join a hippie commune.  [...]

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