Upright Gardening: A Use For Hay Twine

I realize that many of my readers don’t have 25 miles of hay twine lying around, but I just love finding and sharing about frugal uses for things that normally have no practical use.   We’ve had goats for going on seven years now [SEVEN YEARS? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?] and the bales of hay [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

May 2009 Gardening Update

I have settled into a routine of watering the garden on Monday and Wednesday evenings during the week.  I usually don’t take a look at the garden on Thursday night, so by Friday morning I haven’t seen the growth and activity for a day and a half. I was so excited on Friday morning [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

American Discount Foods

I don’t get to do much bargain shopping anymore, so bear with me while I brag!

One of my coworkers told me yesterday about American Discount Foods in Mesa, Arizona.  It’s a little out of my way but she raved about such great deals that I just had to stop by and check it [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Lovely Mother’s Day

Yesterday was a very lovely day. I was out in the garden puttering around by 5:15. On the days I’m home I always check my garden early in the morning. It is especially important when I have squash growing because I always hand pollinate due to limited bee activity.  I was telling my mother-in-law [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Happy Mother’s Day 2009

Hello to all you mothers out there!  I hope you are having a wonderful day with your children all around you. If not around you, then I hope they sent you a lovely card and give you a call and tell you how much they love you.

I did get around to my [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Go For It, Collette!

Collette submitted a question to my Q&A post, wondering how I made the decision to not be self-employed. I responded to that part of the question here, but I felt the other part of her question was going to be too long for the Q&A post and I promised I’d continue it in a [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Zenni Optical Glasses Finally Here!

AJ’s and my glasses finally arrived from Zenni Optical.  AJ’s glasses look nearly identical to the ones he got from Costco and the prescripton is perfect.

I wear progressives, but I ordered single vision because I wanted to see how Zenni did with a simple pair of glasses before trying something which I assume [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Thank Goodness for Triple A

AJ had car trouble on Wednesday night after Bible study.  He was on his way home, making a left hand turn and the engine died.  It wouldn’t start right away, but finally he got it to turn over and was able to move to a supermarket parking lot.  It stalled again, and he couldn’t [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Help Me Find A New Mop, Please

I wish I could find a mop that I love. Seriously. The ones I have used are awful.

My most recent experiment was the heavy duty mop from Costco.  The mop handle is heavy duty and the mop head is huge.

Only I don’t have one of those commercial mop wringer things. I [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Free Grapefruit Juice!

It’s that time of year in the desert in Arizona, the citrus trees are full of juicy fruit.  We have a problem with roof rats in the big city, so it’s important to get the fruit picked off the tree. That means people everywhere are bringing in bags of citrus. Grapefruit seems to be [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]