Tag: frugality
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Supporting Small Businesses This Holiday
I’ve been sick for just about a solid week now, and I am cranky. I guess I should be happy that I am getting a little better every day and I can breathe out of my nose again, most of the time. Still, Christmas doesn’t care that you’re sick. To paraphrase Dr. Seuss, it will…
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Sprouts Is Bankrupting Me
This past week I was off Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. It wasn’t quite as satisfying a staycation as the one I had in August. I had dreams about work from Friday night right on through, frustrating dreams in which nothing was going right. But it was still relaxing and peaceful. I got some things done…
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Firsts of the Season
This was a beautiful weekend from start to finish. Yesterday, Tom and I took Rocco to Timber Creek dog park and got our steps in. It was a little breezy, in the 70s, and sunny. Back at home, T. and I sat down and knocked out some of our college-related tasks: filling out forms, watching…
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Birthday Wish Granted
My birthday weekend has turned out to be amazing! I came home from work on Friday (my birthday) to find that my garden fence was complete with a working, locking gate! It’s hard to express how happy this little space makes me. When I sit inside there, I feel like all is right with the…
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It’s Gonna Be May
Busy weekend! Friend time, family time, garden time! I needed it after a crazy and hectic week at work. Yesterday I hung out with two friends for hours catching up. Pedicures were part of the itinerary. No guilt here, I haven’t spent money on myself in forever! Before that, I did some pine needle gathering…
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Grooving in the Grove
It’s been a soggy, chilly, gloomy week. Today we were supposed to go to Admitted Students Day at T’s chosen college, but it’s just too cold and rainy for a nearly all outdoor event. The dog is bored and antsy, after a solid day of heavy rain yesterday. I’m pinning my hopes on tomorrow –…
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Plant Potluck
Thursday night I went to a seed swap in town that also featured a talk by the owner of Front Yard Food, a local guy who grows food and builds and maintains garden beds for others. I learned so much! He basically spoke about permaculture, but in a way that was understandable and that seemed…
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Winter Encore
We had some nice weather for a bit there, and even a thunderstorm one warm night. But Friday brought a chill wind and the return of sickness. Actually some of us have been sick most of this week. I took a sick day Friday and alternated between laying on the couch and then feeling like…
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Good for the Soul, Bad for the Back
Yesterday was the first day in months that I worked outside extensively. It. Felt. So. Good. It was probably no more than 55 degrees, and cloudy. But blue jays were rustling in a bush, a woodpecker was going to town on a tree, and the dog has finally learned the concept of “fetch” and ran…
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Adventures on Craigslist
I’m so happy I have seedlings this year! Have you seen how Bob on Bob’s Burgers talks to food he cooks? That’s me, murmuring gentle encouragement to the seed trays. Right now I have onions, tomatoes, thyme, creeping thyme and two kinds of lettuce visible and under the grow light. Plus the sprouted potato. Yet…
Garden State of Mind 