I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
We had company over on Wednesday and I went all out (as I love to do) for dinner. Lasagna, green beans, garlic bread, and homemade apple pie for dessert. I even picked up an $0.88 bag of mixed salad because, hey, it was only $0.88. And I didn’t have to buy salad dressing because, well, [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on January 17th, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I hung my clothes out to dry. We used cloth diapers. And cloth wipes. I learned to play the CVS game. I made my own laundry detergent. (Until that proved problematic.) I stopped going to the mall. We rented movies from the library. I made our meals from scratch. We shopped at gently-used children’s clothing [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on January 11th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A few months ago, we became preferred customers at our local Family Christian Store. We were there buying Veggie Tales for Olivia’s birthday present. When they asked, I almost said no, thank you, I have enough “Preferred Member” cards in my wallet. But it was late and my resolve was weak. I thought maybe some [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on December 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Remember the $13 turkey? Even with two extra guests, we still had quite a bit of leftovers. Knowing we were going out of town soon, we bagged up the remaining turkey and put it in the freezer. So guess what we’ve been eating this week? (Hint: The same thing 95% of Americans eat the week [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on November 29th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Benjamin has a total of … three long sleeve shirts. As the weather grew colder I was sure we were going to be heading to Once Upon a Child. And as cheap as the gently used clothes are there, I was still not looking forward to spending the money. Because we had just bought him [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on November 16th, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I have at least one regular recipe that calls for buttermilk or sour milk. However… I don’t want to let the milk sit out and get old (I never think about it far enough in advance). I can be a bit OCD with my recipes, so I HAVE to follow them TO THE LETTER (will [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on November 2nd, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Our budget is tight. We have allotted $10 per month for eating out. And most months, that money goes elsewhere. It’s just in the budget as a kind of cushion. Or for when we crave custard. This means we have to try and schedule our outings so that they don’t go over lunch or dinner [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on October 12th, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Frugal, tasty food is sooo important. If you can cook food the whole family loves for a dollar or two per person, then you will significantly cut down on fast food expenses! I used to cook “frugally” with my wide array of Hamburger Helpers. We still ate out a lot. Gee, I wonder why. Staying [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays, The Frugal on October 4th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I mentioned before that Olivia loves her grilled cheese. Well, like all good things this phase in her life has come to an end. When the amount of crust she left after each meal grew larger than the amount she had eaten, I sensed a change in her lunch routine was imminent. And we’ve had [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on September 28th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I know I’m not saying anything new when I say this. But the ability of a child to be simply ecstatic over three cardboard boxes simply blows my mind. We have recently discovered that in the toddler nursery at church, Olivia has become quite infatuated with the large plastic doll house. And at home, she [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on September 21st, 2007 | 6 Comments »
