Debt Reduction 101

Everywhere I turn there’s evidence that this summer is coming to a close – articles on various websites about back-to-school shopping, co-workers who talk about their kids or grandkids returning to school, whether it’s grade school or college … In my opinion, when you’re pre-children, post-education or both, summer vacation really doesn’t impact you. I [...]

I had about a zillion things I thought I would accomplish today after the last day of a long work week. But I’m just very happy to be home! I’ve been extra hours this week to help out some of my coworkers and it’s gratifying because they are appreciative, challenging because I am juggling extra [...]

Somewhere I can hear my mother emphatically stating “no!” in answer to the question that I put up above. Is minimalism for me? As I look around my desk, I see two notary stamps (one with my maiden name and one with my married name); a stuffed, plush Tigger that a dear friend sent me [...]

That’s the question that I posed to my husband tonight as we were relaxing before he went off to play video games with his guy friends. He was half asleep in the chair and I was prone on the couch, dreaming about the pot of coffee I was going to make to revive both of [...]

The Husband and I just got back from spending the weekend with his folks. (Happy birthday to both of you!) Among the many things that my mother-in-law and I have in common (we love to cook, we both love her oldest son, we love old country music, etc.), we both love HGTV. But this post [...]

Yay, to my friend Heather who reminded me that last year, to mark my 31st birthday, I had a list of things that I planned to accomplish in my 31st year. Let’s see how I did. The asterisked portion is my 32-year-old perspective on what the younger me had planned to do. 1. Lose 31 [...]

This is the first Saturday in awhile that my husband and I have been home. The morning found us in front of our computers reading our favorite news sources and columns, but then we took advantage of our down time … and then we started cleaning. While going through papers that I was intending to [...]

I saw this article today on Yahoo.com – Lonely Planet is giving away free U.S. roadtrip guides that you can download from their Facebook page. I have a note to myself to write some tips on taking an excellent, yet frugal, roadtrip, but what could be better than a free guidebook to direct you to [...]

I had to share this cheap, reusable idea for wrapping gifts. One of my coworkers recently broke her leg, so a bunch of us pitched in some funds to buy her a couple of gift certificates and some wine for her recovery (because when you have a broken leg, there’s nothing like a little merlot.). [...]

Sorry that it took me a bit to post these photos, but I finally made my own Topsy Turvys using recycled milk jugs and an orange juice carton. The inspiration for this came from here. In addition to liberating my recycling, the supports are constructed out of bamboo skewers and I used regular kitchen string [...]