I am admittedly a thrifty person. Cost-conscious. Quick to reuse or repurpose. Economically careful. Penny-wise. Even frugal. While I prefer the term thrifty, on occasion, similar yet less kind adjectives such as tight or cheap may apply. …
Category: Slices of Real Life
Are you fully invested?
Saturday night my husband and I finished viewing a crime-thriller-drama series via online streaming. Thirty episodes spread across three seasons but all accessible to watch at the time of our choosing. We love how streaming services make …
The Christmas Towels and Tissues
I love all things Christmas—the shopping, the baking, the decorating, the card sending, the music, the decorating, the giving, the festive splashes of red and green, gold and silver, and holiday entertaining. Imagine my joy a few …
Walking into the New Year
It was the year of footwear around our Christmas tree this December 25th. Each one of us received a pair of socks in the stockings filled with care in the moments between our traditional brunch and the …
They need a mom
from July 27, 2016 A couple weeks back, as I made the first swath across the front yard with the mower, several young men piled out of a couple of vehicles at the neighbor’s house. Cars continued …
