Day 85: A Wall, Kitchen Utensils, Soap, and Pizza

Our new retaining wall has been poured and is curing as we speak — complete with handprints of The Daughter, The Son, and myself.  Today’s labor cost me $100 plus a few slices of pie and two glasses of milk ;-)
After all the cement was mixed and the wall poured, we ended up with three extra bags [...]

Why the Cook Quit or A Modern Jack Sprat Tale

In the past two months that I’ve been blogging, I’ve also been reading a lot of PF blogs.  I’ve noticed that the grocery bill is almost universally the first budget category targeted by people wanting to tighten the budget belt.  The Husband and I have discussed this observation and his take is that in situations of deep consumer debt, the grocery [...]

Sales on Wagglepop

Wow, things are popping at Wagglepop!  I’ve had 6 sales in November alone — two of them were for multiple items.  I have no idea of why things have picked up in my Wagglepop store but I’m certainly not going to complain.  Of course, this month’s $300 worth of sales can’t even begin to compare to [...]