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August is bittersweet for me. It’s the last month of summer vacation for the kids {which is both a welcome relief and a little sad, for me at least}. It’s also supposed to be the lazy days of summer, but if you’re on a mission to garden, there’s nothing lazy about it. This month while you’re Read More >>
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The Girl and I spent this morning rounding up all garden gnomes from every nook and cranny in our backyard garden. No stone, leaf, or pallet was left unturned. As of this morning we have collected a whopping 460 gnomes and $231 in cash donations! This means that so far together we have raised $4,831 Read More >>
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Yesterday was day 1 of my How to Quit Caffeine challenge. I’ll totally admit, if it wasn’t for my upcoming dental surgery and the part about tea being a natural blood thinner, I would probably just keep on trucking along drinking my 20 cups of tea a day without blinking an eye. But the way I Read More >>
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Yesterday the inevitable happened. We ran out of peanut butter. Just as I was about to toss the jar into the recycling bin, there was Lucy looking up at me with those sweet puppy dog eyes. Is peanut butter good for dogs? Because Lucy the Puggle dog cannot get enough of it. In fact anytime Read More >>
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If there is one thing I love to do, it’s stock my freezer with freezer meals {or freezer desserts in this case}. The school year is a really busy time for us and knowing I have several desserts tucked into the freezer for sports banquets, last minute entertaining and the weekends makes my life a Read More >>
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A big thank you to Andrea from facebook for sharing a link to this story about one of America’s first extreme couponers: Ann Cox Williams was the mother of a family of 4 in the 1940’s. She was married to a school teacher, so penny-pinching was an absolute necessity. She fed her family on $12.60 a Read More >>
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This year I’m on a mission to grow 4,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables in my suburban backyard. In 2012 I was able to grow 2,028 pounds, and in 2013 I’m going double or nothing. I have absolutely no idea if I’ll be able to achieve my goal. But, as with any adventure, half the fun is getting there. ~Mavis ******* This Read More >>
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One of my kids favorite dehydrated fruits is a mango, but I’ve never dried them myself. Until now. It was surprisingly easy. I’m not sure why I fear mangoes so much sometimes. Their skin makes them a little mysterious. Peeling them was a bit tricky and I might have let a cuss word or two Read More >>
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