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Saving Money on Organic Food
I've been looking over my food budget and J & I spend a ton of money on food every month - basically it rounds out to $600 a month for 2 people on all organic/grass fed meat/ raw milk - food. Some of this is due to easy convenience foods for J as his job is very physically demanding and he has ...
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F o o d
Everywhere you turn you keep hearing how food prices are going up. Milk is up, rice is up, corn is up. I recently read this story discussing how this is affecting many families and it made me pause and look at how our food economy is tied together with the price of fuel, the governments subsidi ...
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Open your mouth and say "Ah"
J has gone and broke our dang piggy bank.Both J and I are very adverse to doctors and dentists. Call us lazy, call us chickens but that last thing either of us want to do is have someone else poking around in our business. So a month ago J says "my teeth are bugging me" and I talk to a couple of c ...
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Jedi Gym
I found this funny video on you tube and I just had to share
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Raising Backyard Chickens
In February we made the plunge and purchased our first three hens. I found a farmer in Mollala and bought three buff orpingtons - Rosemary, Sage and Thyme. Cost for chicks - $10. A week previous to that I had purchased the items to make up their brooder (large clear plastic bin, heat light, fe ...
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I've been tagged!
I was tagged by Tracy at My Money Story . Here's my six word memoir:Silly coconut girl laughs, loves family.I'm going to tag:Cedar Chest of DreamsJust Simply Jennifer The Domestic DeficitHere are the rules:1. Write your own six word memoir2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if ...
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Grocery Budget Buster
Since J started working we've been going whole hog and spending like crazy. I'm trying to start reigning in and begin the task of paying of the big debts so the transition into a one income family isn't such a shocker. What I really need to do is get a part time job but I am absolutely fighting ...
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Little One
My clock has been going off lately( J's too) and we're both counting down until we can finally start our family. I've been thinking hard about having a home birth and I found a documentary called "The Business of Being Born" produced by Rikki Lake and it was such a beautiful movie that for once, sh ...
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Freegan
I was searching online trying to find blogs about sustainable living and stumbled across a freegan blog. If you don't know what a freegan is they are people who "who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resour ...
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Free Yoga Classes Online
My first brush with yoga was with some Power Yoga Videos I purchased, wow, 8 years ago. I loved the combination of stretch and strength. The videos were only 20 minutes long so when I signed up for my first yoga class at the local community center I had no idea how much better a longer hour long ...
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A new direction
Hi All. I've found myself drawn to back to the blog-o- sphere.To be honest I haven't though of my finances in a good while. We haven't racked up any new debt but I've been spending money like gangbusters.I also haven't written because I feel absolutely limited by talking only about my finances whi ...
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Tag
I can't believe it's already the 22nd? Where did the time go? I haven't posted in forever and Ann was kind enough to tag me and get me back in the saddle. Here's some lovely blogs to check out:The Strategist Notebook | Link Addiction | Ardour of the Heart | When Life Becomes a Book | The Malaysi ...
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How much will you spend this Christmas?
After waking from my food induced coma I realized it was time to start the Christmas list and begin the budget. Ack! Not including J we have 14 gifts to buy this season and so far the budget is at $300. I'm all about the $20 limit. I would never feel comfortable asking any of my friends or family ...
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Black Friday Ads
I always forget about the day after Thanksgiving. I've never purposefully woken up at the wee hours of the morning only to stand in a long winding line hoping that my legs would turn into those of a gazelle so that when I was allowed to binge on dvds, dollar socks and AAA batteries, I would be a ...
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We don't like gifts from Aunt Kelly
I've finally started contemplating what to give the family for Christmas. With my side of the family, to help reduce costs, we each have a secret Santa and a gift budget of $20. This makes it easier on the pocket book and less stress. J's family will not go for this no matter how I try to make it ...
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Chicken Crazy
I'm a girl who always has to have a hobby. First it was my home (the interior is to my liking, the outside needs some work), then it was holistic medicine, aromatherapy, soap making, cheese making (I'm still working on this as I want to make my cheese from raw dairy) and now, after many talks with ...
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The joint bank account
When J became a student in March it made no sense for him to have his own bank account. We knew it would sit vacant and lonely while he was in school. So, after 5 years of pestering him he finally agreed to have a joint bank account. We haven't run into any issues so far (of course he only just got ...
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New Boots & Higher Rebates at 100+ Stores
I've been searching for these boots in my size since I spotted them on Sierra Trading Post (which only has them in size 6). I lucked out and just bought a new pair on Ebay for $87 (included shipping).I decided, what the heck, and checked both Ebates and Mr. Rebates to see if Ebay had any cash back. ...
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Squeezing more pennies into my pocket
I find myself using my Discover card more and more these days as I have conquered my desire to splurge on it. I've eliminated all of the guilt I used to feel when using my credit card because I'm no longer making purchases I can't pay back.One of the benefits of using your credit card (if you pay of ...
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Smoking Deal - Microsoft Zune 30 GB - $99.99
Buy.com currently has the brown Zune for $99.99. It is a preorder so your Zune won't ship until the middle of November.Features30GB capacity Keep 7,500 songs (MP3 format) or 25,000 photos at your fingertips, or even 100 hours of video Photo and video compatible Sometimes you want more than music ...
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