Frugal Freedom

It's been hot.  105, 107, who cares, it's just hot.  Every once in a while I think, "I should bake something or cook something...

Three weeks to go!  Even less if you consider that the last day of school is on a Thursday.  My nephew made a comment that we will have to ...

One week down.  I thought each quarter of high school was 8 weeks but then I looked at the calendar and it is more like 10 weeks plus 2 week...

What a nice, relaxing week that was.  I had time to sleep, get chores done, cook, watch TV, and even work on projects like making this stuff...

Four day weekends make me forget what day it is.  I've been thinking it's Saturday for 3 days now.  At least, today it really is Sat...

Is my weekend over already?  I miss it.  Luckily, another one will be here in 4 days.  Today was a very busy day at work with people calling...

This week ended better than it started.  First of all, Fridays are always good.  Then my sister sent me a text that her son and his wife had...

The high today was only 90 with occasional rain.  It was a wonderful day to putter around, pull weeds and inspect my little plant minions.  ...

Here's a first for me.  Before today I had never been out to eat at a truck stop in my own town.  I heard good things about Omar's H...

Lunch today was, you guessed it, quail eggs and cherry tomatoes!  The picture would have been more colorful but I only had iceberg lettuce a...

A few weeks ago, I reported that my cherry tomatoes were all green and my quails were on strike.  That has turned around and I am now drowni...

It was a very quiet day at work today. I went to the grocery store at lunch and tried to buy enough to last me for the next 6 weeks without...

I survived the baby shower. It was a bit awkward since I didn't know many of the guests but the time went fairly quickly and the expect...

Yesterday was our company Christmas dinner. I am notoriously late for it every year and last night was no exception. After spending the da...

Blah...another day with NO adoptions. This is getting depressing. I was looking forward to less puppies. Yesterday I bought a brand new d...

What a nice relaxing day. I didn't do my laundry or go to the grocery store but I did cook up some chicken alfredo . Cooking is someth...

I'm glad I have a day off tomorrow. This weekend was like all the other weekends. I did some shopping, I cleaned, I did laundry. All ...

Some days I think I earn my pay more than others. Today was a steady stream of urgent issues. Luckily I think I handled most of them with ...

Today my puppy-nanny came over again and helped me with some home improvement projects. We glued and nailed the edges of the vinyl floor in ...

Ahh...Thursday night. That's when I know I can make it one more day and then the weekend will be here. The weather for this weekend...up...