All posts by Mrs. Accountability

Would You Go to Mexico for Health Care?

saving money
In the last few weeks, I've heard people around me having conversations about going to Mexico for health and dental care because the costs are so much lower than they are here – even in some cases – cheaper than co-pays, I understand. One conversation was at work, after I'd brought my Zenni Optical glasses to the office to show coworkers, in case they could use a resource like Zenni.  One of our managers brought a vendor to my office,… Read the rest

Cheese Enchiladas – Muy Delicioso

frugal
I'd like to share our family enchilada recipe with you. My mom started making these when I was a young child, when we lived in an area of town with mostly Hispanic families. It is one of my favorite childhood meals.  Funny About Money probably remembers the old Food City over on Buckeye Road.  My grandparents lived over at 23rd Avenue and Mohave, but shopped Food City exclusively, as did my mother.  Food City didn't cater to the Hispanic community… Read the rest

Upright Gardening: A Use For Hay Twine

Free Is Good, frugal, gardening
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 are tied together with a nylon twine.  Over the years I've viewed the piles and piles of pieces of hay twine and wished I could figure… Read the rest

May 2009 Gardening Update

gardening
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 to see all the squash flowers.  There were fifteen! Only one was a female flower, the others were all males. But that's a good thing, there… Read the rest