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I wanted to apologize for being a little absent from the blog the past few days. There was a lot…
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How To Overcome An Unexpected Financial Crisis
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Image courtesy of jesadaphorn at FreeDigitalPhotos.net A reader, Heather, reached out to me,…
Our Kids' Free Upcycled Quadruple Bunk Bed
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I had all sorts of plans for beds for my kids in our new home . We specifically designed th…
Healthy Girl: 5 Small Lifestyle Changes to Lose Weight
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This post is written by a blog reader. Losing at least a couple pounds is something that’s on …
Our New Beautiful and Frugal Small Living and Dining Room
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In the past few days a few different people asked me questions about living situations that brou…
Foraging and Homemade Miso
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My dad makes homemade miso. When I was a kid, I think he made miso once or twice, but since m…
Rental Kitchen Mostly Installed Ourselves!
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So yesterday I posted that we installed our Ikea kitchen cabinets (upper) ourselves , first…
We Finished Installing Our Ikea Kitchen
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We did it! My kitchen is now complete! After 9 year old Lee and I built all of our Ikea kit…
Building Our Own Ikea Kitchen- Because We Can!
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The kitchen, as it arrived... Yesterday in Ikea I placed an order for a complete kitchen, a…
Homemade DIY Pallet Nightstand or End Table
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I went to Ikea today to pick up some more things for our home and to place an order for the …
Feeling A Bit Like A Fraud
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For the past little bit I've been having this thought running through my head- that I'…
PSA: Watch What You're Dissing
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As someone who has lived a frugal life by necessity pretty much since I got married at 18 years …
Almost All Moved In!
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I want to apologize for my long absence from my blog! We got our keys to the brand new apartme…
Moving Day!!
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After a whole bunch of snafus, and lots of bureaucracies and technical issues... today I si…
Taking Advantage of Black Friday Sales
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As an expat American married to a non American, I haven't been doing much celebrating Than…
Making a Potty Seat Out of Pallets
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I mentioned in a previous post that I suspect that my littlest one, Rose, has high function…
Quick Update On Our New House's Kitchen
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Our kitchen that came with the apartment, before it was finished being installed In the end…
Homeschooling and Schooling My Children, and Bureaucracy
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I realized that as someone who was pretty vocal about my homeschooling and unschooling my childr…
Ajvar -- Serbian Red Pepper and Eggplant Spread -- Vegan and Paleo
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The other day I got a bunch of vegetables free and was trying to come up with space efficient…
Homemade Wooden Pallet Spice Rack DIY
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I grew up in a home that used a large variety of spices. I get surprised when I am in people&…
Preserving and Preparing Loads of Produce
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On Sunday I went to the grocery store and market and got a large amount of produce, much of it…
Cauliflower Leaf Chips Recipe - Vegan, Paleo, and Delicious
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I mentioned the other day that I was in the market and got a huge amount of free cauliflower st…
Homemade Prickly Pear Scrap Wine Recipe- DIY Foraged Alcoholic Beverages
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I've written before about how I enjoy my alcoholic beverages, but have a problem with the …
My Latest Super Frugal Shopping Trip
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And... I'M BACK!!! I feel like shouting from the rooftops, because I am officially back in …
Frugality, Winter, Moving, Planning, My Book, and More
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Packing has started! As I mentioned in my last post , on the 31st of October, my book was du…
Working Hard on my Cookbook
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I want to apologize for neglecting to post on the blog lately... I've literally been eating…
My Latest Foraging and Frugal Escapades
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Life has been pretty busy lately, doing lots of things, many of them money saving or money m…
Do You Know Your Rights On Returning Back To Work Post Maternity?
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Hopefully this post by a reader can help some of you when you return from maternity leave, to ma…
Buying New Clothes For My Kids and Not Breaking The Bank
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My kids are getting bigger and that's amazing to see them grow up so fast, but wow, when…
A Frugal and Enjoyable Poetry Slam Anniversary Date
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In September Mike and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary which felt like a huge deal- te…
Exciting and Stressful News!
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I've been sitting on this news until I found the right time to share it with you... I went…
One Bad Week
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I was contacted recently by PayPlan , a company who wants to promote awareness of how important …
Preparing and Preserving Cheap and Free Past Prime Foods
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Yesterday I wrote about how I went to the market and came home with an insane amount of produce,…
AT&T Access
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By Jeff777BC - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, When my son learns something cool on his own, as an u…
An Insane Amount of Food... For Insanely Little
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My arms hurt. My whole body is tired... I think a big part of that is because of how much food I…
Spicy Baked Sweet Potato Fries Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, Easy
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The other night I wanted a treat. I had to go out to a fancy dinner event where I knew ther…
Reflecting On My Spending Recently
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Something I've been doing right now- to correct an unnecessary and expensive splurge- mak…
Larb Gai- Laotian Meat Salad Recipe- Frugal, Paleo, and Vegan Options
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I really appreciate traditional recipes from around the world, especially when they use health…
What to Expect when Living on Your Own for the First Time
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I moved out of the house and became fully self supporting, other than health insurance, when I w…
My Most Frugal Shopping Trip Ever
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Today my fridge looked scarily empty. As someone who tries to stick to a paleo diet as closely a…
What Unschooling Is Not... and What It Is
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My unschooled, not uneducated kids love learning KhanAcademy math . This is a screen shot of …
Are You “Penny Wise and Pound Foolish”?
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This is a post by reader, Nancy Evans. Saving money sounds easy on paper. Avoid overpaying, ta…
Easy and Quick DIY Homemade Orange, Clementine or Tangerine Alcohol
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My homemade alcohol, after I already drank a bunch. I grew up in a house where alcohol was …
Crafting With Nature
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The kids and I recently went to an event that had as its activity green crafting, which was a gr…
8 Free Gallons of Expiring Milk- Cheese Making and Beyond
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In my community we sometimes get deliveries of free past prime fruits and veggies, dry goods nea…
Eight essential checks to make before you borrow money
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I am really opposed to taking out loans. Debt is bad and can cause a bad financial situation to …
Beginner's Guide to Going Gluten Free- Part 1: What is Gluten and How to Avoid it
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As one who is known among my friends and in my wider social circles as being off gluten, whe…
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