“Merry and bright? With all the economic woes, inflation, and instability around us? A bright and merry Christmas seems unlikely this year. In fact, celebrating at all in the midst of it all seems nearly impossible, let alone trying to make it merry and bright! And forget about Christmas gifts! So this year I haveContinueContinue reading “Have Yourself a Merry Little Five-Hand Christmas!”
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Mamma Anna’s Menu
Everything I know about cooking I learned from my Italian mother-in-law! (Wouldn’t that be a great title?) Except it’s not true. 🤔 I already knew how to cook and didn’t need any lessons from Mamma Anna. But she did teach me about menu planning, albeit second-hand. And I learned a lot about cooking from livingContinueContinue reading “Mamma Anna’s Menu”
These Hard Times: Time to Reset?
At the risk of sounding like a doomsday prophet I’d say that difficult times are upon us and bound to get worse. Financial woes, unstable governments, pandemics, alarming Great Resets, crumbling values. There are also existential threats to health and the environment, according to experts. Indeed, on our summer treks people everyone everywhere spoke ofContinueContinue reading “These Hard Times: Time to Reset?”
Dog Payments, Snowballs and Debt-Free Living!
I like to say that Hubby and I should have won a financial stupidity award in our early marriage. Armed with credit cards and not much brains, we shopped foolishly and extravagantly. We even bought a dog on credit! If there were awards for financial stupidity we deserved first place! That’s right, we bought a dogContinueContinue reading “Dog Payments, Snowballs and Debt-Free Living!”
How to Do Laundry Almost Free: Naturally
According to statistics, the average American family of four spends about $18 a year on laundry detergent.¹ Add another $39 for bleach, and $66 for fabric softener. That’s a lot of money going down the drain. (No pun intended!) And that doesn’t even take into account the toll all those chemicals take on the environment. But you canContinueContinue reading “How to Do Laundry Almost Free: Naturally”
Simple Living for Retirement
Retirement anymore seems to be right around the corner for us. Yikes! And because of certain lifestyle choices we’ve made, we’re starting to think they’re going to be interesting years, to say the least. Not that we’re alone. It’s not uncommon for people to find themselves in reduced circumstances in their retirement years. And not just with reducedContinueContinue reading “Simple Living for Retirement”