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The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift
So. You need to find Mom a Mother’s Day gift. The perfect one would be nice, but every year this eludes you. I mean, what do you give this woman who bore you in the midst of great pain — … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, finances, frugal living, Growth, holiday, home, homeschooling, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Parenting, Personal, Relationships, shopping, success, Uncategorized
Tagged children, community, gift, happy, lifestyle, Mom, Mother's Day
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Deception, Deceit, Dishonesty — Is This Our 3-D World?
Younger women — under 35 — may find this odd, but not so many years ago, a married woman did not appear on a credit card account as a real person. As the wife of her husband, she was presumably allowed … Continue reading
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Tagged cars, change, credit card, current-events, human behavior, media, politics, society
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Is There in Truth No Beauty?
Those of you who are afficianados of the 1960’s era Star Trek series (and if you’re not, you should be — it’s cheesey and profound at the same time) may recognize the title of this article from an episode, but … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, finances, frugal living, Growth, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Personal, shopping
Tagged artisan, beauty, impulse buy, saving money, Star Trek, tea pot
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Market Manipulation, Roasted Chicken, and You
I don’t know about you, but I get vaguely irritated when I realize that I’m being manipulated. And given the marketing climate in which our society operates, this means that if I don’t watch it, I spend two thirds of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, Business, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, Food, frugal living, Growth, home, Humor, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, News, Random, shopping, Uncategorized
Tagged chicken, food, gas, grocery, manipulation, manufacturers, market, shopping
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Cheap, Practical — and Sort of Odd — Gift Giving
Last Christmas, because everybody was in financially challenging situations, we agreed to go cheap on gifts — for everyone, that is, but the Toddler, who simultaneously performs the function of daughter/granddaughter/niece, depending upon who is talking about her. As grandparents, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, children, Christmas, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, frugal living, gardening, Green, Growth, home, homeschooling, Humor, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Parenting, Personal, Relationships, shopping, success, Uncategorized
Tagged cheap, Christmas, garden, gift, Peter Rabbit, poster
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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
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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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Black Friday — Shopping Can Be Fun, Really
Any of you with teenagers know that you’re frequently unpopular with them for major issues like, say, breathing, and for awhile, our policy of not buying CDs, DVDs, or digital detritus really affected our poll numbers. “But it’s what I … Continue reading
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Tagged artisan, Black Friday, e-books, gift, holiday, shopping
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Writing, Blogging, and Speaking, Intelligently
I have met people with PhD’s who say things like this: “Her and me went to the movies.” “This gift is for she and I.” While this may peg me as a language snob, I think twice before I listen to a … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, correct, grammar, speaking, writing
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