Festively Frugal

This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015My love of this season – from the end of August through the end of December – is well known in my family. I love every single thing about the fall and onset of winter … the Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s holiday circuit, the foods, the changes in weather, the disappearance of bugs and snakes – absolutely everything. Which is why I am loathe to Continue Reading

The Great Squash Mutiny

This post was most recently updated on May 17th, 2015Over the past several years, my husband and I have made changes in our lifestyle designed to allow us more freedom – both financially and time-wise. We moved out of a town where the taxes and utility costs were sky high, into a much smaller house in the country where living expenses are lower. We paid off our cars and kept them, rather than trading them Continue Reading