Well, my not-a-party-planner self hosted another shower…
Party planning isn’t really my forte. I see people on the interwebs who spend days prepping for elaborate themed parties, and while I am in …
Motivation
I’ll be me. And you can be you.
This is something I’ve been thinking about lately, partly because of Gretchen Rubin’s writings, partly because of conversations with friends, partly because we’ve been on …
The Thankful List! (2014)
I started doing this the very first year I blogged (in 2008, which in blogging years is sort of like the paleolithic era. Or something.) …
Things I don’t do
I’ve still been thinking about all the stuff I wrote on Monday, about comparison and imperfection and the pressures that we feel. And because I …
Want to be content? Look at your life through someone else’s eyes.
When I wrote my series about contentment, one of the things I mentioned was looking at people with less instead of focusing on people who …
More Non-Frugal Reasons to be Frugal (plus the Amazon winners!)
The first order of business The Amazon gift card giveaway is now official over. Congrats to Corrie and Tracy, winners of the two $50 Amazon …
See this unheated laundry room right here?
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I post a photo (or three) and just a few words. I’ve decided to look at it a little differently…it’s not …
Because I need to do this…
On Thanksgiving day, I usually write a list of 50 things I’m thankful for, and this was the first year that I’ve not done that …
Non-Frugal Reasons to Be Frugal
The other day, after we’d talked about maintaining a positive attitude about frugality, I remembered something I wanted to add to that discussion, which is …
Q&A | All About Attitudes
Every Monday, I answer a few of the questions that my readers send me. If you have a question you’d like me to answer in …
Do you enjoy things more when they don’t happen regularly?
I was chatting about this with Mr. FG last time we went out on a date and I concluded that I enjoy and appreciate pleasant …
Thankful List, v. 5.0
Since my blog is working on its fifth year of existence, this is my fifth thankful list. For those of you just tuning in, every …
When frugality goes wrong (at an office supply store)
In my post about saving money on back-to-school supplies, I mentioned that I try to hit some of the super-duper cheap sales that office supply …
You don’t have to be good at everything.
The internet is a wonderful and crazy thing, and I almost can’t remember what life was like without it. (seriously? I used to use a …
10 Happy Things
SouleMama did a post like this the other day, and it inspired me to make my own. It’s good to sit down and think of …