I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.
The HH came home yesterday afternoon after spending the morning down in Portland having part of his ear shaved off. Or rather mohs surgery for the skin cancer on his left ear. He had part of his right ear stolen by the same procedure a few years ago. Man, we’re going downhill fast. This is Read More >>
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The last few afternoons here in Mid-Coast Maine have been absolutely beautiful! We’ve been spending about 6 hours each day in the {soon to be} front yard vegetable garden digging out old plants and working on the fence. Lucy has been busy outside too, aerating the garden and working on her tan mostly. You wouldn’t Read More >>
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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. One of my goals for this year is to discover 12 {new to me} Maine businesses and tell you about them on the blog. With so many makers and unique small businesses here in Maine, I’d love to be able to give them a little shout out and share them Read More >>
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One of the things I’ve found most interesting after moving to New England, are the sheer amount of small towns with general stores. Not big box stores with names you’d recognize, but locally owned Mom and Pop type places. It’s almost like stepping back 50 years or 100 years or so sometimes to a kinder, Read More >>
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General Store $12.95 The cheese was for the HH. Plain green beans and chicken with thyme and black pepper. Chicken with thyme and black pepper plus butternut squash. Big salad with leftover chicken and butternut squash. {Plus oil, vinegar and strawberry jam for the dressing} Big salad with chicken. I am so sick of chicken. Read More >>
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