July 2010

Blissful fantasies, early-morning daydreams

July 8, 2010

Some people have enough courage to follow their bliss: we all remember when Mary of Simply Forties sold her house and all her belongings in Texas and took off for a gig as a caretaker for a gorgeous farm in Virginia. Another woman blogger is up to something similar: she chucked the day job, found [...]

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Internet Shopping: When Is It Worth Paying Postage?

July 7, 2010

This morning I noticed that the little black base on the beloved Osterizer blender is cracked through. I use this appliance every single day to whip up my favorite ice-cold breakfast drink, frozen strawberries whipped into orange juice. {moan!} So now on top of all the other budget-busters I’ve gotta buy a new blender? Not [...]

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Festival of Frugality

July 6, 2010

Recruiting the Troops Ryan Cash Money Life How to Find and Hire Reliable Contractors Here’s a nice set of tips on dealing with repairmen and small contractors. As a bonus, Ryan includes a promo code for 15% off an Angie’s List membership. Living off the Land: Frugal Survival in the Field Sun Sun’s Financial Diary [...]

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Midnight at the Oasis…

July 6, 2010

What a spectacular night! It’s six minutes to midnight and the Cassowary and I just came in from a late-night constitutional. Soon’s I finish this, it’s into the pool. Weirdness in Arizona: the 90 degrees outdoors feels cooler and more comfortable than the 85 degrees inside the house. Just turned the thermostat to 78 for [...]

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The Next Inn on the Journey of Life

July 5, 2010

Lately I’ve been considering where I’m going to live during the next and presumably last stage of my life. It’s a question that was brought into sharper focus when I fell and hurt myself badly enough that I couldn’t easily take care of my home or myself. The shoulder still isn’t healed—but even though it [...]

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Shopping for the Pleistocene Set

July 4, 2010

LOL! Frugal Scholar has a great story today about finding a pair of Not Your Daughter’s Jeans at a thrift store, discovering they fit pretty well, getting a compliment from DH (!!), and so going in search of similar togs. None of which fit at-tall. Was going to add my most recent shopping tale in [...]

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