Giant Lettuce

Last night we feasted on a lovely salad, made with this giant head of lettuce from my garden. I believe it is a romaine-type lettuce. I get my lettuce seeds from Pinetree, I love their lettuce mix. So I don’t really know exactly which one this is. It is very good tasting and will [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Changing Garbage Pickup Companies

We pay $32 a month for garbage pickup in our area. When we first moved out here in 2002 we hauled our own garbage for quite a while. Then we decided to sign up for trash pickup. We had one can for a year or two and then we ordered a second can. The [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Target 90% Off – The Countdown Begins

My FAVORITE shopping day of the year. The day that Target marks its Christmas inventory down to 90%. This means WE pay only 10% of the retail cost.

Imagine getting 40 beautiful, high quality Christmas cards for $1.49 – instead of $14.99!

Thick rolls of wrapping paper for $0.34 instead of $3.49.

Bows and [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

AJ Gets A Job and Plans a Budget

My baby son has been hired to run a kitchen for a senior citizen center. He did some volunteering there and they liked his work ethic so much that they offered him a part time job. $10 an hour and 24 hours a week, but he’s tickled with the position. Oh, and I guess [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Saver/Value Village Free Coupon Calendar!

Is there a Savers or Value Village in your area? If yes, head on over to the Savers website and fill out the year end survey. When you complete the survey, they’ll ask for your address which you need to complete all fields, and they’ll send you a 2009 calendars with coupons valued over [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Pear Crumb Cake - A Little Lighter and Perfect for a Holiday Brunch

Now I know this isn’t a cooking blog, but here’s how it fits in with personal finance and frugality:

I used ingredients I had in the house, instead of wasting time and money driving to a store (the nearest city that might have open stores is 22 miles away!) I made it from scratch, [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Merry Christmas!

Merry, Merry Christmas!! Congratulations to Kacie over at Sense to Save who has a newborn baby boy born on Saturday the 20th!

Nearly an entire year has gone by, it’s hard to believe. I also can’t believe how fast Christmas swooped in on me. It always gets here before I know it, every single [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Free 8×10 From CVS – Dec. 24th Last Day

Read about this free 8×10 over at The Wife at Home. The code is ENLARGE and this offer expires TODAY, so hurry on over. If you are new to CVS, you can also get 50 free prints.

Except NOW I know why I normally don’t take advantage of these deals. I started a [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Will The "New" Truck Be A Wise Investment?

I wrote about the “new” truck we purchased over the weekend. We discovered in the past few days of tracking mileage that this truck gets nearly 20mpg which is excellent.

Mr. A put 15,400 miles on his old work truck in 2008. The miles per gallon varied, depending on how fast he drove. When [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

"New" Business Truck

Mr. A’s work truck is a Ford F150, I can never remember the year on it but I think it’s a 1987. It broke down again on Thursday. I finally got him and AJ put on my AAA towing service account. AAA is pretty cool in that they will add other people onto your [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]