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Does anybody NOT plant tomatoes? :laugh: What are you planting this year? My plans are: 2 Beefsteak for slicing. 8-10 Roma for salsa and chili sauce 4 cherry, half for the chickens, half for us. :D

so this morning i spent some time cleaning out my coffee mugs of the coffee and tea stains with a sos pad... it has been one of those things that has driven me crazy for awhile..but obviously not enough to anything about yet...i guess i figured they came out of the dishwasher...they must be...

I know that many people here are familiar with the "how-to" frugality books but I have another type of book that I find inspires me to be frugal and thankful for what I have. These are books like "A tree grows in Brooklyn", "The Glass Castle", "The Grapes of Wrath", the Little House...

Do you have that one item/treat/snack that you'll always get yourself even when its not on sale? For me its those Freeze-Pops that are in the plastic wrapper/tube-thingy. I always have them on hand and they usually run me about $2.50/bag My little Guilty indulgence

With wines, does price = pleasure? Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and Stanford University published a recent study showing that people were more likely to prefer a wine they thought was expensive, versus the same wine labeled at a lower price. Even their brains...

Usually, I'm not such a spendthrift as to go to the thrift store twice in one week. But this was a great 2nd hand week! The other day, I bought 26 Highlights Which Way USA puzzle books for individual states. [We homeschool, so that was a terrific find!] My total cost for that thrift store on...

THE PUREST PLEASURE Looking out my window, I see a study in grays, blacks and whites. My garden lies under a crushing layer of snow. Today, a soft rain is slowly eating away at the fringes of ice in the driveway. Somewhere under the snow my perennial favorites - lavender, asparagus and sorrel...

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Tell us about it. Mine has got to be watching my kids outside last night watching dh letting off firecrackers and them holding sparklers that a friend had brought for them. Watching their eyes light up what so sweet.

What is something you like to do "just for you"? It might be a snack you can't live without, or maybe a hobby that you enjoy, or just how you unwind. Me? I love to browse a magazine and drink a good cup of coffee first thing in the morning before I even wake DH up or tackle any chores. It...