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Quote of the Day: “If you are lonely, dim all the lights and put on a horror movie. After a while it won’t feel like you’re alone anymore. 😉 Does your dog beg for treats? Lucy does. If she doesn’t get her little cookie by about 3pm… she will sit on the edge of the bed {or Read More >>
My grocery goal for this past week was pretty simple. Eat from the pantry/freezer and don’t go over $10. Thanks to a few of you adding up my spending total for the year, I found out I had spent $938.31 so far. Add this week’s spending {$9.72} and it brings my total to $948.03 which leaves Read More >>
Quote of the Day “Don’t promise when you’re happy. Don’t reply when you’re angry. Don’t decide when you’re sad.” I came across one of the first pictures we ever took of Lucy yesterday and my heart totally melted. Where does the time go? Just look at those sweet little eyes. Not a grey hair in Read More >>
Is it just me, or is this summer zipping by? Seriously. How can it be mid July already? This week I did a little bartering with Mrs. HB, picked up some meat from Zaycon, stocked up on sale items and harvested a bunch of goodness out of the garden. All in all it was a Read More >>
Beans are one of those crops that yields a boatload, so finding creative and varying ways to use them is key. I like to have a mixture of fresh, canned, frozen, etc. at my disposal. It makes them a lot less boring to mix it up that way. Here are some ideas on a little Read More >>
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