After a pretend spring where we had a few lovely sunny days in the 60s (and one amazing one that hit 70), we're back into the rain and gloom for the foreseeable future. I'm usually pretty okay with the weather we get in the northwest, as it's generally not ever too hot or too cold…
This week was a pretty exciting one for me on a non financial note. About a month ago, I had been invited to apply to an unpaid public appointment position in my city, and I was selected as one of six to have an interview for the spot. To my complete shock, I got a…
Spring officially started this past week, and the garden is beginning to show signs of life beyond just the kale that grew all through the winter. Crazy enough though, we did see the tiniest bit of snow on Friday. It didn't stick, but low temperatures were down in the 30s yet again. We may not…
It's been a long week. Wednesday was a 13 hour work day (including a 3.5 hour dinner), and the preparation leading up to the day meant that Monday and Tuesday were reasonably long as well. On the upside, I did get in my run to work on Wednesday, and it didn't even rain on me.…
Hello, March! If you couldn't tell, I am past ready for spring to arrive. My garden keeps trying to start growing, but the below freezing temperatures have really put a damper on things. The kale is still alive, and the garlic and green onions are starting to send shoots up, but the ground is too…
In the last few months since we’ve embarked on the task of seriously slashing our grocery budget, we’ve eaten a lot of tacos. Not only are they quick and easy to make, but we all love them and don’t mind eating them weekly, so they end up on the menu again and again. There are…
Somehow, we are only 28 days from Christmas. I feel like it was just Halloween and now we’re passed Thanksgiving and into the land of 4:20PM sunsets. I’m definitely missing the long, warm days of Hawaii. I’ve slowly plugged along with making Christmas presents since July, but now that we’re into the last month before…
Since I decided to jump into a No (Low) Spend November without any kind of preparation, I’m going to have to get a bit creative this month. We are going to Hawaii in a week, so I’m going to be doing my very best to spend as little as possible while we’re home so we can spend a little…
Friday again! This week flew by between Halloween falling on a weeknight and the neighborhood dinner we attended last night. For those of you who are new, this idea to celebrate frugal wins for the week came from Katy at The Non-Consumer Advocate. 1. My son wore the same Halloween costume (Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon!)…
So I know it’s November this week, but it’s still technically October for now, so it counts that I finally got to planting the rest of my garlic, right? Since it’s been abnormally warm and dry, I was hesitant to plant garlic early (like late September) like I have some years, but then October arrived…