I am the money manager in our household. And I have to face the fact that I have not done a good job lately at all. It would be easier to place blame, and claim that I CAN'T do a good job if DH won't cooperate and continues to spend money on his wants etc.. The plain truth is, I have lost...

My dh used to be embarrassed by my frugality. He viewed it as being poor, not as a means to perhaps becoming rich ( Lol!), or at least as a means of becoming comfortable one day. He even. hated the thought of me vegetable gardening. He did not grow up as financially secure as my family was. My...

:ponder: I often sit at the computer while I eat, and sometimes play Bookworm. I play the classic untimed version because I can't race the clock and eat at the same time. I hardly ever even notice the score, but tonight it seemed like this game has been going on a long time, despite some nearly...

I am so proud that Dh and I are debt free and it took us a few years to get to this point. We have now been debt free for a few years and we look towards future plans now instead of worrying about the debt we used to have and the sleepless nights it caused us. We are saving for a down payment on...

i embarass myself pretty easily and frequently, which sometimes results in not full-blown crying but my eyes welling up with tears. for example, far too often i find myself going out of my way for a laugh from my husband, acting like such a huge dork that when he finally starts to laugh, i get...

Yesterday I felt awful-- sick with a cold/sinus thing-- and didn't do anything but the bare minimum around the house. So, the newspapers are piled up on a chair, there are toys on the floor, mail piled on the counter, etc... just lots of stuff needs picked up. Today I am dressed in DH's old...

My husbands brother stopped by unexpected. We have put up plastic paint sheets to save on the electric bill. We have an apartment with a large faulted ceiling...we covered the opening with clear plastic, we also made a plastic curtain for the entry way and at the foot of the stairs. I must...

I haven't cleaned my basement pantry out in ages and did so this past weekend (I mainly use my kitchen pantry). I have several cans with rust on the top. The seal seems ok, but the cans look really ugly. Are they good yet? Should I keep them or toss them? I have set them aside rather than...

So, I went in today for another one of my tanning sessions ....thinking this was the last month of the three we pre paid for... WRONG! Lol, I went in, "sorry your session has expired" omg lol I think all this time I started out thinking january was when it'd end, then mid stream i switched to...