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What’s Worth Splurging On?

Filed Under: Frugality & Saving Money 46 Comments

(Yes, I ended that with a preposition.) It’s no secret that my family is on a budget. A fairly tight budget. (I blogged the budget details a few years ago, but the numbers have changed.) One of the secrets to living frugally and still enjoying myself  is to pick some splurges that are worth itRead the whole post >>

September 9, 2013 · Tagged With: budgeting, saving money, splurges 46 Comments

How To: Prevent Weeds in Your Garden without Chemicals.

Filed Under: Frugality & Saving Money, Green Living & Sustainability 7 Comments

Gardening is awesome.  It gets you outside, it’s super rewarding to eat vegetables you grew, and is a great opportunity to get kids involved in working and growing vegetables. However: weeding sucks. I’m just gonna say it. The worst part about gardening is dealing with weeds. For my first few years of having a little vegetableRead the whole post >>

June 24, 2013 · Tagged With: gardening, preventing weeds, weed prevention, weeds 7 Comments

Our Garden is Ugly this Year.

Filed Under: Frugality & Saving Money, Green Living & Sustainability 5 Comments

It’s gardening season! Which means nearly every single day for the next three months, I will be doing this almost every day. This is Gabe’s third year gardening. He’s pretttty much a pro (at getting water and dirt all over himself and stepping on plants).

June 11, 2013 · Tagged With: food, gardening, local 5 Comments

My Favorite Sites & Apps for Traveling.

Filed Under: Frugality & Saving Money, Travel 12 Comments

We love to travel but don’t have tons of money to do it. I’ve visited dozens of travel sites and used plenty of apps while planning our trips over the past few years to Toronto, western Massachusetts, South Carolina, Asheville, Dayton, New York City, Puerto Rico, and a two-week cross-country road trip. Here are the onesRead the whole post >>

March 4, 2013 · Tagged With: phone, technology 12 Comments

Decluttering, Cleaning, and Saving Money in the New Year.

Filed Under: Frugality & Saving Money, Minimalism & Decluttering 9 Comments

My friend emailed me yesterday looking for advice on decluttering in the new year saying, “I know that is something you have worked really hard for over the last few years.” I emailed her back, but thought I’d also share on here some of the things I’ve done and learned from over the past yearRead the whole post >>

January 8, 2013 · Tagged With: cleaning 9 Comments

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Saving Money & Living Frugally

Doing a Buy Nothing Month.

Every so often, my eating junk food gets a little out of control and do a little juice cleanse. To help reset my body’s ideas of … [Read More...]

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Simple Living & Minimalism

Long Distance Moving and Decluttering – A Few Tips.

We're in the midst of a long distance move to Massachusetts this month (in the nomadic portion of our move - we moved out of our … [Read More...]

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Green Living & Sustainability

Choosing between Convenience and Values.

A reader asks: How do you decide when to focus your energy on better choices versus choosing convenience? I think it can be so … [Read More...]

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Motherhood & Parenting

The Story of Eleanor.

(Warning, this post will contain mentions of bodily fluid) How Eleanor Came to Be. I want to write this all down while I still … [Read More...]

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A New Leaf. Little Leaf.

(Yes, I am a dork.) Your website should be like an extra employee. Who works non stop 24/7. I recently overhauled my site … [Read More...]

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