April 2008

Going no- ’poo?

April 30, 2008

Nope, it's not a post about diapering! I stumbled upon a brilliant suggestion through Clothesline Alley last week that I sure hope it going to work for me, and just had to pass it on to you.
Here it is: Stop using shampoo and conditioner.
What? you say. Why on earth would I want to do that? [...]

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Spring is beckoning to me

April 28, 2008
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Bloggy giveaway winner!

April 28, 2008
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Salmon Melts, Broccoli Salad and Cinnamon Scones

April 27, 2008

I spent most of the day working on my garden (so exciting, I can't wait to show pictures soon!), so I am exhausted and ready for a relaxing evening, but as requested, here are a few of the recipes I used in my Frugal Cooking Carnival menu (you can see pictures for the salmon melts [...]

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Bottles, sippy cups and BPA – oh my!

April 24, 2008

All right, I've dug in and done a little bit of research and here's what I've come up with on the issue of returning #7 plastics for a full refund-- it really is true! Large chain stores all over North America are actually doing this, as concerned parents bring in their baby bottles, sippy cups, [...]

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An apology

April 24, 2008
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It’s time for another Bloggy Giveaway!

April 22, 2008
Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival Button

And I couldn't be more excited to share with my contribution to all the giveaway goodness going on this week in the blogosphere!
This is actually so timely considering my post last night, and the recent talk of grocery budgets, etc.
I am thrilled to be offering one budgeting software system, from YouNeedABudget.com to one very blessed [...]

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Q & A: The necessity of a low grocery budget

April 22, 2008

Here's a comment from my recent post on rising grocery costs that I wanted to respond to:
Do you have that low of a grocery budget because you have to or because you want to (ie: pay off your mortgage faster?) Because sometimes I think we spend so much time on keeping our budget low (because [...]

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