Frugal Freedom

I just returned from my mother's funeral in Washington.  As my aunt put it, "It was a fun time on a sad occasion."  It was go...

My goal each week is to go straight home after work as much as I can.  This week is already filling up.  Typically, I visit my mother on Tu...

It's been a while for sure.  I think about my blog every once in a while but the lack of exciting news in my life seems to keep me from...

I took mom to the lake this weekend.  Not much happening there. I don't know about you but to me these weeks are just flying by.  No...

Maybe if I work on this synopsis of the last few months a few minutes a day, I will catch up. The move: As you know, my mother bough...

Moving day tomorrow! The wall project got approved by the HOA architectural committee and my handyman has been working on raising the wall ...

Last Saturday morning was gloriously calm and slow. I was cooking up some late-morning pancakes when the phone rang. Now, I knew there was ...

I like the idea of having a whole birthday month.  I have to work on my birthday anyway, so might as well spread out the fun throughout the...

Let's check the progress on my never-ending to-do list: Laundry - Fixed!  The handyman found the leak in the wall in the drain pipe...

Poor little Chester, he had 11 teeth pulled.  It's over now and he will feel much better.  He had a dental cleaning around 4 years ago ...

Work has been really busy.  I usually use my lunch break to write a post now and then but today I am staying late and hoping that the traff...

Last week was a short work week made even shorter by taking two sick days.  I feel better now but fear it has moved into my sinuses.  Hopef...