Blackdog Lin
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Ditto what peggy said. :) How cool that you have such early tomatoes! We're right on schedule for ours: I usually hope for our first around...

Weirdest thing. I am the queen of cooking-at-home. Truly, it is (usually) not a challenge for us to eat homecooked as opposed to eating out or...

CathyA: yeah. I intensely dislike pastels. And pink to me is the worst of the worst. So what color do you think I ended up with when repainting our...

Thank you Cathy - it sounds wondermous. Alas, I had to go in another direction for tonight's meal: leftover management, you know. But am copying your...

I surprised myself with a score of 8. Female 50-59. And I'm the one that got disgusted with myself over my choice of paint colors for the walls in...

Thanks to everyone that posts on this thread. I enjoy reading them all. I remembered to "shop at home first" this week. My closet dirty-laundry...

I have the last of this year's asparagus in the crisper right now. I'd adore having your recipe to try tonight. We've already had our asparagus...

This is still a practice in my neck of the woods, though these days I have noticed that it is not so much homemade-foods as purchased-prepared ones...

I couldn't figure out how to articulate my young circumstances. This quote does it. Thanks befree. Lower middle class, but no poverty. I think...

To me it's just a little bit of common sense to always carry a little cash these days. (disclaimer: I am indeed a prepper, and think differently...

That was.....absolutely amazing. Awesome indeed. Thanks frugal for sharing.

Yay Gregg! Feels great, doesn't it? What all do you have planted in your raised beds? We just got ours basically all finished last night. Whew. We...

The bad news: it's really not frugal to be gaining weight.....but it is what it is. sigh. With the (slightly) warmer weather, it was time to get out...

That was powerful. Thank you for sharing it. (sorry: referring to Catherine's poverty essay link)

For the first time in approximately 50 years, I'm sitting here singing the theme song: "Here.....I Come to Save the Dayyyyyy". Thank you for...

cdttmm: wow! and congratulations! Just based on what you've written, I can't help but think that you've made the right decision.....and "status"...

That was lovely. Thanks for sharing it.

That was fascinating. I think I'll be thinking about and revisiting the photos again..... Thanks Tiam.

Mighty Frugal - thank you for a mental picture of you being happy wearing the perfect spring clothing, in the perfect setting. Something that I...

This is wonderful. I've always avoided this thread because, well.....I try to stay away from negativity, in general. I have LOTS of personal...

rotflmao! I just snorted iced lemon water all over the desk. Good one Kara.

rosa: you mentioned stain-removing. I have today's frugal to report on that subject. The dog started bleeding (heavily!) Sunday evening from her...

What Steve said. :)

Of course you're sad.....but that's why you instituted the emergency fund in the first place, yes? So you would never get into the credit card...

I sewed the button back on a sweater. Sewing buttons and whip-stitching split seams, though, is the extent of my sewing abilities. Anything...

Steve: re: mountain oysters: :). Back in the day, the guys used to hit the butcher shop up for 10 or more pounds of 'em, and we'd have a big ...

Love reading everyone's menus. Lemon Garlic Chicken: sounds right up my alley. :) Very unusually for us, we ate out way too much last week - life...

Thanks il. DH already got the excess frozen on his own. He said he did one half basically doing what you have suggested, and the other half he went...

Gardenarian: you've kind of hit the nail on the head that has been bothering me through this whole thread - but I couldn't quite articulate it. Like...