There have been precious few times where a political issue has had me absolutely infuriated with white hot rage. Among these are the deployment of troops to Iraq in 2003 and the unnecessary tax increases in Nevada during that same year. All of the recent maneuvering around this bailout of failing banks similarly has […]
Filed under: Politics, Rants, Homeownership, Frugal Living on September 30th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We've been terrible at socializing over the last couple of months. We missed parties, we don't call or e-mail and we even skipped our normal New Year's Eve gala this year. You can probably guess some of the more obvious reasons why we've been holed up in our house or otherwise unavailable: the trip to […]
Filed under: Church, Life, Shauna, Frugal Living on January 6th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
For quite some time now, we've been using a pretty ghetto vacuum cleaner. I picked it up about 6-7 years ago when I first moved out and it's since followed me through 5 dwellings and getting married. It's been on its last legs for some time: Annabelle did a "great" job of destroying all of […]
Filed under: Homeownership, Frugal Living on October 14th, 2007 | 9 Comments »
How can I be expected to continue responsibly toward my goal of debt-free living when pieces of my shoddy counter top are falling off in CHUNKS on my toes while I do dishes?
Filed under: Homeownership, Pictures, Life, Tender Lumplings, Frugal Living on July 28th, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Yesterday was shopping day, our fridge looking about as empty and pathetic as a fridge can. While out, we ran across a peach of a deal: Ball Park all-beef hot dogs for a dollar a package. We decided to stock up on them since we've been thinking about having a BBQ this summer and hot […]
Filed under: Food, Tender Lumplings, Frugal Living on June 17th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Continue to bitch about gas prices while bending over and taking it.
Reduce the amount of gas that we use.
I'm not saying gas prices don't annoy me. They totally do. But if I get one more email about how all we need to do is stop buying gas from certain companies or on certain days, I'm […]
Filed under: Rants, Frugal Living on June 1st, 2007 | 17 Comments »
Last week, legislators across the country decided to take part in the Food Stamp Challenge, a project to have elected officials live on the same budget as a person on food stamps for a week. About a dozen Utah civic leaders and elected officials decided to take the challenge and see how they'd do. […]
Filed under: Politics, Food, Utah, Frugal Living on May 21st, 2007 | 78 Comments »
Since we've been budgeting, I've been paying real close attention to coupons that come in the mail. The other day, we got a coupon for a free movie rental (no strings attached) at Hollywood Video. That was good, but then we got a postcard in the mail addressed to my dad (Thanks, Dad!) for a […]
Filed under: Food, Frugal Living on May 19th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Well, since we discovered the wholly obscene amounts of money that we were spending on food, I've become a crazy person. Crazy in the sense that I am now obsessed with creating and maintaining a budget. The kind of crazy that my dad would encourage (Happy early Father's Day, Dad!). Since I work in a […]
Filed under: Pictures, Life, Frugal Living on May 19th, 2007 | 7 Comments »
In fact, I think I heard it say it might go for a walk later.
Filed under: Homeownership, Life, Annabelle, Family, Frugal Living on May 17th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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