Organic Strawberries
Year-round, local, organic strawberries are not in the cards for those of us living in Ohio. That’s okay, we can freeze them. Our CSA offered a u-pick last Sunday morning for all of their CSA members. Only $1 per pint. Our area grocer had organic strawberries for $6 per pint last week. Yes, it’s easy [...]
Get Your Composting On
Our indoor mini-compost. It sometimes needs emptied into the outdoor compost daily, but because it has a filter in the lid it can remain smell free for 3-4 days without being emptied. We began composting 4 years ago. Why did it take so long? We live in a suburban community. The homes are packed closely, [...]
Coupon for Charity
View of the back of my car this morning. In yesterday’s Sunday newspaper I saw that our area Ronald McDonald house is requesting items for donation. In addition to food items, they are in need of cleaning supplies. I have stockpiled more cleaning supplies than I can possibly use in this lifetime. I’ve been clipping [...]
Post Holiday Sales make for HUGE Savings
Being able to provide memories and traditions for children doesn’t have to be costly. After each holiday I always make a point to pop into a few retail stores to see what can be grabbed for pennies. Just yesterday was errand/shopping day and I did just that at Meijer. I found a table runner that [...]
Do you know where your meat came from?
I ran into Kroger yesterday for a few items, and decided to grab some organic chicken breasts so I could try out the HarvestMark code. And the result isn’t awful, but not great – I’m in Dayton, Ohio and the chicken I’m going to cook tonight was packed 7 days ago somewhere in south central [...]
Body Shaper aka Girdle
Flattens the tummy, lifts and smoothes your bottom without seams. Sign me up. A few weeks ago I was browsing the undergarment department looking for something to hide some of my “stuff”. After talking to myself and telling myself that I’m not 30-something anymore, I decided I could try some old lady panties. The way I [...]


