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When the kids were younger, the lazy days of August always became the “Mom, I’m bored!” days. It was usually about this time of year, the neighbor and I would pack up a picnic lunch and take the kids on a nature scavenger hunt. They got to experience the great outdoors—for free, and I got Read More >>
A big thank you to Andrea from facebook for sharing a link to this story about one of America’s first extreme couponers: Ann Cox Williams was the mother of a family of 4 in the 1940’s. She was married to a school teacher, so penny-pinching was an absolute necessity. She fed her family on $12.60 a Read More >>
I don’t know if it is because my kids are getting older or what, but I have had this urge to start crossing things off my proverbial bucket list. I think now that they don’t need me in the same way, or as much for that matter, as they used to, I’ve had time to Read More >>
I have the most amazing readers, and most of the time, it is me learning from you, but every once in awhile, someone sends in a question that I think, “Hey, I bet lots of people would love to know the answer to that.” So, I am going to try to feature some of your Read More >>
Books, Books, and More Books from Amazon.com Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life See You in a Hundred Years: Discover One Young Family’s Search for a Simpler Life Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100 Mile Diet Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Read More >>
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