pinkytoe
Senior Member

One of the August frugals here is alley fruit. Apples, peaches and last month, apricots - just falling into the alley from back yard trees.

I walk about two miles a day, climb a lot of stairs daily and spend a lot of time in the garden. I stress a whole lot about where to live. I know...

I am totally confused about what to eat after a recent blood test showing my A1C and cholesterol are pre-diabetic (glucose still below 100). I have...

I remain leery of this class of drugs. No one really knows what long term effects might be...until they do.

I bought a new one with my education discount plus got an Apple $100 gift card. Yea!!

I probably have planted 50+ different plants in my front and back yard. So I am saving seed from everything and realizing how much I will save by not...

That's exactly what I told him. I do all the finances (but that's another rant) so I am getting a new one.

Today is clean up the garden, harvest some things and put in some fall garden stuff. I am picking all the Pueblo and hatch chiles and DH will put...

I am reading Home Comforts - The Art and Science of Keeping House by Cheryl Mendelson. It covers just about every aspect so I am skipping around to...

We had a family of small hawks that stayed in our pine trees for a few weeks recently. The house next door is vacant and has a weedy backyard so we...

I am waiting for Barack - probably the only politician I liked a lot.

The topic makes me think I am pretty much satisfied with what I have. However, if/when we move to another house, there is no doubt that we will need...

The keeping it simple is a big part of not blowing dough for me. And being genetically frugal in my case. I have a very low tolerance for...

We are actually on the other side of the mountains looking at real estate this weekend. It is very hard to find small houses that aren't way too...

Wonderful news, Catherine!

It's new to me after decades of travel. But then even grabbing your restaurant order from a counter, they ask for a tip now when you pay.