Monthly Archives: September 2011
Easy, Frugal Cooking: Sweet and Spicy Chicken
Besides easy and frugal it’s tasty, too! My sister sent me this easy recipe a few weeks ago and I finally got around to trying it last week. Yum! I just love it when I make something new and everyone … Continue reading
Filed under Recipes
Third Quarter 2011 Debt Update: Slowed to a Crawl
All payments have been made for September, and this last quarter shows us more like tortoises than hares. At the end of the second quarter we were feeling like we were on a roll with our debt repayment, but then … Continue reading
Filed under Budgets, Debt, Debt Elimination
A Simply Perfect Day
Thursday night, September 22 Dear Diary: What a wonderful day I’ve had! Simply perfect, actually, and very satisfying: I woke up to my alarm but felt refreshed and ready to get up. My daughters got up the first time I … Continue reading
Filed under Simple Living
My Not-So-Good Month with Craigslist
I’m just going to come out and admit that September has been a disappointing month for Craigslist sales, and I’m really not expecting things to turn around in the remaining week. We’ve had no shows, an attempted scam and one … Continue reading
Filed under Decluttering, Making Money
Talking About the C- Word
I’m talking about college, which will arrive for Meiling in just three more years. All the testing, scholarship prep and so forth starts next year, so this is her year to plan her strategy and how she’s going to pull … Continue reading
A New Goal
There are dreams and then there are goals. Paying off all of our debt is a goal. Mr. Losing It retiring in 2013 is a goal. Losing weight remains a goal. When we dream here though, we dream big. Our … Continue reading
Filed under Living a Frugal Life, Retirement, Saving, Vacations
Easy, Frugal Cooking: Breakfast Burritos
One of Trader Joe’s new items this fall is breakfast burritos, two for $2.99. The burritos are filled with scrambled eggs, hash browns, turkey bacon and cheddar cheese. Although it was a splurge, I picked up a package to have … Continue reading
Filed under Living a Frugal Life, Recipes
Down But Not Out
When the engine in our Passat blew up last month, so did our budget. We did not have enough funds to repair the engine, although we decided that wouldn’t have been an option anyway for a variety of reasons, nor … Continue reading
Filed under Budgets, Debt Elimination
