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Monthly Archives: February 2013
The Economics of Being Cool — and Frugal
Being frugal is chic these days. It’s exhilarating to go to bed knowing that you’re weird and out of step, and then burst into the kitchen the next morning as a dynamic, exciting, creative, green living, Chic woman of power and wisdom! … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, Green, Growth, home, homeschooling, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Parenting, Personal, Random, shopping, success, Uncategorized
Tagged buy house, economy, frugal, green living, purchase, Realtor, save money
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Saving Money in the Grocery Store — One Weird, Workable Idea
Years ago, with four children in tow, I spent one day a week doing the grocery shopping. The night before I scoured the ads, marking this place for brown sugar and butter, that one for grapes and toilet paper, still … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, children, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, Food, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal, shopping, Uncategorized
Tagged affordable, grocery, money, poster, saving, shopping
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Flu in Your House? Make FAST, cheap, chicken soup
Recently two members of our household (not me, not yet) succumbed to some sort of tummy ailment that precluded eating, and once they were on the mend and agitating for something more substantial than chamomile tea, I made this soup. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, children, Current Events, Daily Life, Family, Food, health, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal, Random, Uncategorized
Tagged cheap, chicken, easy, flu, soup
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Laugh at Life’s Challenges
Cancer, unemployment, chronic pain, financial straits, the general insecurity of our nation’s future — there are a lot of challenges in life, and some of them are around for the long term. Other challenges, seemingly minor, still impact our daily … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, grandparenting, Growth, health, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Parenting, Personal, Random, Relationships, religion, success, Work
Tagged cancer, challenges, laugh, problems, unemployment
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Is It Realistic, Following Our Dreams?
This week’s article comes with a visual — the Bold Innocence art print by Steve Henderson that encourages us to Dream Big! “Yeah, well I tried to follow my dreams but I got a big fat nowhere,” somebody told me … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, Growth, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, News, Personal, Random, success, Uncategorized
Tagged child, disappointment, dreams, follow, poster
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