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I am overwhelmed. It happens this time every year. Stress and anxiety roll down the snowy mountainside gaining in size and momentum. It sets in the same week every year. This week. It means I am always tired but never able to sleep. It means I put off the […]

As I write this, there has been a lot of bad economic news around the world. Economies are failing (Iceland declared bankruptcy last week), companies are stumbling (DHL closes, Circuit City files for chapter 11 bankruptcy), jobs are disappearing, and things look bleak.
Living as I do in a state where the economy has already […]

Sarah Palin in the last week before the election, gave a speech about fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provisions, for the first time since its inception. She also spoke of providing federal and state dollars to follow kids if parents choose to enroll them in private schools versus public schools, in […]

Once you’ve gotten your house ready and your gifts planned, the next hurdle on the holiday prep list is food. The strategy is pretty simple, really:

Decide what food you want to cook
make a list of ingredients required
purchase them in advance.

Bonus points awarded to individuals who start purchasing shelf-stable ingredients over time, thus […]

Last week I mentioned how often I get bored with food. It’s bugged me all week, quite frankly. I don’t like sounding so ungrateful. There are people right in my area who struggle to put food on the table each day, and here I am complaining about variety. With colder weather coming […]

My husband and I have been married for 7 years.  We dated for three years before we got married.  We each owned one stationary bike that we brought with us when we got married causing various people to wonder if we race each other on our stationary bikes in the basement.
My husband loved his stationary […]

Do you ever get bored with food? I get bored with food. And yes, you may call me a picky eater. Or maybe… I’m a fad eater. I get hooked on one recipe or another and enjoy it for a while, then I don’t want to make it anymore.
So […]

Yet another strategy for saving money on food is to make it yourself. Whenever you purchase something pre-made at the store, you’re going to pay for someone else’s labor.
Earth-shattering revelation, no?
Never mind, don’t answer that.
My boys are currently fond of the Lunchables brand of ummm, lunch thingies. I only buy […]

Yet another tactic I use to cut food costs is a subscription coupon program.  You know those emails you get periodically telling how someone saved tons of money on their groceries and it only costs $20 a month?  Turns out they’re telling the truth.
Bear with me now, and I’ll explain.
We all know that we can […]

My stomach turns at the smell of most baby food. Not so much the first stages; bananas and apples are pretty non-offensive. Once they move on to the pureed version of turkey and noodles, though, I can’t quite conceive the yellowish gelled glop as food. Combine the smell of this epicurean treat […]