Updating 72-Hour Kits (with a little bit about my Emergency Car Kit)

Our 72-Hour kits have been on my mind lately.  We had a storm pass through recently.  We didn’t need our 72-Hour kits.  We didn’t even get them out, although we did ask each other if we needed them.  Last month, we knew of some people (and their neighbors) who lost their home to a wildfire.  [...]

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Making Sushi

In an effort not to go bankrupt from buying sushi everyday, I decided to take action and go about things the Learning to be Frugal way.  I decided to make my own sushi at home.
As a bit of a background, I’ve only taken to liking sushi sometime in the past year.  I love Philly rolls, [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – March 30

I’m writing this post on Sunday, and I’ve already got half of what I had planned to make prepared.  I’ve had to add more items to my menu this week.  Lately, I’ve been planning my menu, cooking half of it, and stopping by the store for ready-made food.  To be honest, I did a few [...]

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Garden Lettuce

I’ve been getting quite a bit of lettuce from my garden.  I prefer romaine, and I’ve attempted (twice) to plant more from seeds.  I know it’s more expensive, but I definitely prefer transplants to seeds.

Here is a shrimp salad I made with lettuce from my garden.

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Garden Flowers – March 9

Here are some pictures of the bulbs and snapdragons that I planted in the fall.  They’re blooming very nicely now.

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Menu Plan Monday – March 9

This week, my goal is to eat meals from my home food storage.  I want each meal to be made from items I already have in my pantry and freezer.  I also want many of the meals to be ones that my husband can get started on while I’m at work on days that I [...]

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Veggie Garden – March 7

Last weekend, I built a second square-foot gardening box (Click for details: Post 1 and Post 2).  I filled it with a variety of veggie transplants and seeds.  The seeds haven’t had a chance to come up yet, although I spied the beginnings of potato plants beginning to push up the soil in their effort [...]

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Swimsuits

I own one swimsuit.  It’s a simple, black, one-piece suit.  I think I got it at Kohl’s a few years ago.  It fits nicely and is just fine for swimming laps at the pool.  But, and let’s get personal here, let’s say I need to use the restroom?  As anyone knows, one-piece swimsuits can be [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – March 2

I’ve been doing better at shopping.  I try to buy on sale in bulk, so I’m not purchasing as much.  I’ll be able to start taking a bit of leaf lettuce from my garden this week, which will begin the gradual cut-back on money spent on veggies at the grocery store.  At Costco this past [...]

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Another Garden Box, Part 2

So far, I’ve worked on the garden box until sunset two evenings in a row.  The raised bed is built, filled with Miracle Grow (I need all the help I can get), and gridded.  I gridded it by stapling garden twine (love that staple gun!) to the wood.  I tied a knot on each end [...]

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