It's tough trying to help people see the value in frugal living. People mostly think of it as deprivation. Or that there's sacrifice involved. We're all trying to improve our station in life and yet it seems contradictory to save. Won't life be better if we've spent more? Trying to live more frugally is not… Continue reading Why Frugal Living Matters
Author: Sara {Go Gingham}
Sara, creator of Go Gingham, writes about real food, green living, and a healthy lifestyle - on fewer resources - {Stylishly Frugal Living}. She loves gingham - but tries to keep that in check.
Home Organization Project 52
Finally! The last week of our year long home organization project. It's been a long year, hasn't it? Time for another New Year and all of the resolutions that get made. We won't be doing year-two of this decluttering madness, I promise. Home Organization Project 52 This week’s project. Travel gear - luggage, bags, and… Continue reading Home Organization Project 52
Home Organization Project 51
Question: How can you tell when it's time to clean out, organize, and sort through household files? Answer: When you go to file something and the drawer breaks because it's too full. Yes, for this week's home organization project - yes, that's week #51 of our weekly home organization project - we did our household… Continue reading Home Organization Project 51
Home Organization Project 50
We've waited until the gift giving time of year for this week's home organization project and to straighten out all of our gift wrapping stuff. It's not just the Christmas season that we're wrapping gifts for - in our house, it's the birthday season, too. From mid-November to mid-January, everyone in our family has a… Continue reading Home Organization Project 50
Sustainable Holidays
Did you know that from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, the amount of trash we generate goes up by 25%? That's a lot of stuff getting thrown out! From decorating our homes to gift giving and entertaining, we want to be festive but we don't want to waste. Here are three easy methods to reduce the… Continue reading Sustainable Holidays
Favorite Food and Health Books
We're always reading books - from the library because we love the library - and this year, we had a food and health theme going on. We made a list of our top food and health related books with a little review - in case you need a gift idea for a foodie or health… Continue reading Favorite Food and Health Books
Home Organization Project 49
For week #49 of 2014's New Year's Resolution - yes, every week we've cleaned and sorted out a different area of the house - we're going where very few have gone before - behind the gingham curtain! Yes, I put up a gingham curtain to hide the contents on our basement shelves. No, it's not… Continue reading Home Organization Project 49
Broccolette for Dinner and Le Creuset Giveaway
Thanks to Earthbound Farm and Le Creuset for teaming up with me for this healthy dinner and special giveaway! "Mom, what is broccolette?" My daughter asked me this when she heard me talking about making it for dinner. She's a little leery of vegetables that are new. Most kids are, aren't they? Actually, sometimes grown-ups… Continue reading Broccolette for Dinner and Le Creuset Giveaway
Home Organization Project 48
When you decorate for a holiday only once a year, do you ever forget about what decorations you have? Then, when you get everything out, does it seem like everything is new and pretty? That's what happened to me this week. Oh, look how beautiful these are! I forgot we had these! Where did these… Continue reading Home Organization Project 48
Shopping eBay for the Holidays
Have you ever bought anything on eBay? I have - lots of used items - jeans, artwork, rugs, and many more! I've also sold lots of items on eBay. What I didn't know about eBay is that you can buy new items on eBay. What can you buy new? Well, I recently bought a new… Continue reading Shopping eBay for the Holidays
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