How to Declutter Without Creating Trash
Last updated March 30, 2019. Though I forgot to mention this in my review of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo’s persistent mentions of …
Tuesday Tip | Pay attention to what you do every day, week, or month.
It is true that occasional big financial decisions (house buying, car buying, private jet buying) are massively important when it comes to your financial situation. …
Four things I’m loving
The Before Breakfast podcast Laura Vanderkam just launched Before Breakfast and I love it so far! Every weekday morning, she publishes a short 6-8 minute …
What I Spent, What We Ate | Basically Dinner Illustrated. And that’s all.
This post contains affiliate links, which earn income for this site at no extra cost to you. What I Spent I spent $202 this week! …
My jeans split, my scale is discontinued, ThredUp photos are coming!
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. I’ve got some miscellany for you all today! …
How We Homeschool in High School
Hi Kristen, I’ve been a reader of your blog for a few years. I’m a homeschool mom of 4 from Washington state, and my oldest, …
Tuesday Tip | Fix tarnished jewelry with foil + baking soda
Ok, plus salt and vinegar too. But the post title was getting a bit long. 😉 If you’ve got some tarnished jewelry, you should really …
Five Frugal Things | Free soap pump, Goodwill silverware, and more
1. I called Method about their soap dispensers. I like foaming soap because it seems to be a lot less wasteful than regular liquid soap. …
What I Spent, What We Ate | plus a slightly snarky story
This post contains affiliate links. In case you happen to be new here: every Friday I write a post detailing what I spent on groceries …
One-Pan Chicken and Veggie Ramen Bowls
I’m posting this because I shared some step-by-step photos of these chicken and veggie ramen bowls on my Instagram stories last week, and my messages …
Is it cheaper to make trail mix or to buy it?
For years, I have wondered if it’s cheaper to: a) make my own trail mix with Aldi ingredients or b) buy the pre-mixed Aldi trail …
I will actually write a post tomorrow.
It is considered to be very bad blogging etiquette to pop on and say, “sorry for not posting!”, but here I am. I have a …
What I Spent, What We Ate | Happy Birthday, Sonia!
Sonia is now 15 years old! What I Spent Let’s see! I spent $109 at Aldi, $25 on my Hungry Harvest, and $32 elsewhere. That …
Five Frugal Things | free Oreos, for one
I realized last night that we hadn’t had one of these in the last two weeks. I am here to rectify that today! 1. I …
Six things I learned from submitting medical claims myself
As most of you know, this past year I had to submit out-of-network claims to our insurance on my own. And geez, it sure was …