Archives
Voluntary Simplicity & Simple Living
- What Is Voluntary Simplicity?
- Downshifting To A Simpler Life
- How To Be Happy In A Mostly Unhappy World
- Accepting Responsibility For Your Life
- How To Stop Procrastinating
- Multitasking & Finding Quality Time
- Sensible Frugality
- Our Simple Life: Doing It Ourselves
- Our Simple Life: Living Green
- Our Simple Life: Getting (And Staying) Out Of Debt
- Our Simple Life: How We Live
- Our Simple Life: Where We Live
- Decluttering & Purging
- It’s The Simple Things
- Happiness Is…
- What Is A Home?
- A Road Less Traveled
Frugality
- Credit Cards Don’t Have To Be The Enemy
- Are Buyer’s Clubs A Frugal Choice?
- How To Turn One Stick Of Butter Into Two
- What’s In Your Pantry?
- Pantry Inventory — Things I Forgot
- What’s In Your Refrigerator?
- Making Onion Rings From Scratch
- Hearty, Delicious & Frugal Spaghetti Sauce
- American Chop Suey
- Quick One-Dish Dinner — Spanish Rice
- Comparison Shopping Makes Sense
- Why I Don’t Play The Coupon Game
- Energy Efficient Countertop Ovens
- Proven Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder
- Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Organization
- How To Get Organized
- Getting Organized: There’s No Magic Bullet
- Organizing Recipes
- 6 Steps To A Clean Living Room
- Waking Up To A Clean Kitchen
- Washing Dishes Made Easy
Soy Allergy & Cleanliness
- Why I Avoid Soy
- Living With A Soy Allergy
- Can You Trust Allergen Labels?
- Are Your Hands Clean Enough?
- Produce, E. Coli, Bacteria, and You
Personal
- Getting Out The Vote: My Brush With Politics
- Special Words And Et Cetera
- Sometimes You Just Have To Make A Mess
- When Should You Get Involved?
- Little Boy Lost
- Things About Me
- It’s Cold Out There!
How To’s
- Easy To Peel Hard Boiled Eggs
- Homemade Egg Noodles
- Ice Box Butter Buns
- Teddy Bear Dinner Rolls
- Making Your Own Cake Mix
- My Mom’s Gingerbread Recipe & A Gingerbread Cake Mix
- Shaping Crescent Rolls
- Vegetable Stir Fry
- Watermelon Popsicles
- Tips For Baking Perfect Cookies
Favorite Recipes
- Oatmeal Apple Crisp
- Mix in the Pan Chocolate Cake
- Blueberry Snack Cake
- Molasses Drop Cookies
- Applesauce Spice Cake
- Easy Pickled Carrots
- Champion Sponge Cake
- Whole Wheat Banana Bread
- Whole Wheat Raisin Bread
- Streusel-Filled Coffee Cake
- Sticky Buns
- Oatmeal Raisin Nut Cookies
- Cheesy Herbal Potato Sticks
- Luncheon Chicken Salad
- Tropical Chicken Salad
- Quick Pasta Salad
- Waffles Made With Yeast
- Strawberry Smoothie
- Dill Refrigerator Pickles
- Freezing Apples For Pies
- Frozen Cookie Balls
Enjoying Nature
- Blazing Autumn Foliage
- Mushrooms
- How To Tell If A Bullfrog Is Male or Female
- Northern Green Frog
- How Bees Collect Pollen
- Why Bumblebees Make A Buzzing Sound
- Bee & Foxgloves
- Wild Turkeys In Our Yard
- Remembering Summer
- Bullfrog
- Tiny Toads
- Frog, Bullfrog, or Toad?
- Eastern American Toad
Some of My Hostas
- Growing Hostas
- How To Harvest Hosta Seeds
- Cherry Berry
- Christmas Tree
- Fire and Ice
- Gold Standard
- Golden Tiara
- Great Expectations
- Ground Master
- Guacamole
- Halcyon
- Honeybells
- June
- Krossa Regal
- Lancifolia
- Patriot
- Queen Josephine
- Regal Splendor
- Shade Fanfare
- So Sweet
- Sum and Substance
- Summer Joy
- Tattoo
- Tokudama Aureonebulosa
- Twilight
- Undulata Albomarginata
- Undulata Univittata
Plants In My Gardens
- Spring Blooms — Common Primrose
- Primroses Blooming In The Snow
- Bee Balm
- Bleeding Heart
- Common Foxglove
- Common Primrose
- Feverfew
- Growing Heucheras From Seed
- Hens and Chickens
- Heuchera
- Hollyhocks
- Lamb’s Ear
- Leopard’s Bane
- Looking For Blooms
- Money Plant
- Orange Day Lily
- Oriental Poppy
- Spiderwort
- Sweet Cicely
- What’s Flowering Now?
