Mercenary Me

It’s time again for the most fun ever. Please take a few minutes to fill out this reader survey. It helps my advertising network sell ad space on the site if they can tell Tillamook that all my readers eat cheese 3 times a day and other such nonsense. When results come [...]

Filed under: Blogging, all about me, money

Don’t Put the Grocery Money in Your Bra

At times, I have been known to spend money in a fashion similar to that of an imbibing mariner. This combined with my hatred of budgets and our need to put a new roof on the house has me and Dan taking drastic measures to save money. Each week we withdraw a small [...]

Filed under: Love and Marriage, all about me, around town, money, shopping, wardrobe malfunctions

Tip Tuesday – Save a Penny

With a leettle expert advice, we’ve decided the new roof can wait for a few years while we save up to pay for it in cash. If things get really bad, we may send Laylee and Magoo to live in the attic holding pots and pans. Maybe they’ll make friends with the rats [...]

Filed under: domesticality, money, shopping, tip tuesday

I Washed the Spider Out

When we moved into this house, it was with the understanding that the mangled filthy mini-blinds would vacate immediately, if not sooner.
I could have cleaned them 7 months ago but I knew we would be replacing them AT ANY  MOMENT so I didn’t bother.

Filed under: domesticality, money, parenting