Grandiose Ideas

I hate mowing grass. No. Let me rephrase – I detest it. My backyard is fenced in and it’s impossible to get my dad’s huge riding mower in so I would have to use the push mower to keep the grass at bay.
The other day, my dad (the king of grand ideas, rember?) suggested [...]

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I have thought about making homemade laundry detergent for a long time since reading The Complete Tightwad Gazette. My sister renewed my interest a couple months ago when she suggested making her own so I decided to go for it. Here’s the video and I’ll be sure to post a review on how [...]

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I have always considered myself a geek. I’m into the programming, have really enjoyed learning Ruby on Rails, love doing anything on my Mac, get silly over little changes in the iPhone OS, and even though I haven’t used it as much as I want to, I get excited when there is a new [...]

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Twice a month I embark on a shopping trip that usually involves shopping at at least three supermarkets and picking up all of the items I possibly can to plan out two weeks worth of meals. I didn’t used to do this; My family always kind of decided spur-of-the-moment what to have for dinner, [...]

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Yesterday my family celebrated my nephew’s third birthday at the place where birthdays are a business, Chuck E. Cheese.  Because my nephew’s birthday is in the winter and there are very few options for locations to have a party other than my sister’s house, I agree that having the party at the “House of the [...]

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