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Picture of an automobile I could realistically imagine J trying to talk me into buying/restoring courtesy of the unfortunately-named Fornax . It is full spring now, which means J and I have been hit with the home improvement bug. We have been planting...
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Photo courtesy of Dravecky By now, you've no doubt heard the news that JC Penney has fired their new CEO Ron Johnson after only 17 months on the job, and reinstated their old CEO Mike Ullman. I've been following this story about JC Penney with...
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Yes, I pinch pennies. It happens every once in a while. Being of a frugal nature, I look at things in the way that will avoid spending unnecessary money. Sometimes, that means someone will call me cheap. I hate it when that happens. Honestly, it's...
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I LOVE it when a recognized authority backs up my secretly held convictions. Earlier this month, Jayson Lusk, who holds the illustrious title of "Professor and Willard Sparks Endowed Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University"...
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Sunday evening, in the midst of making grilled mushroom tacos, we discovered that the package of tortillas which should have been half-full (meaning 4 remaining tortillas) had but a mere 2 tortillas remaining. Neither LO nor J (nor the dog) would take...
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"It's April 22nd, and everybody knows today is Earth Day..." I have been an environmentalist since I was a small child and I saw a presentation on my school about the importance of recycling. With the zeal of a new convert, I did what I...
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Photo courtesy of Ahmed In some ways, J and I are in a mixed marriage. I was raised to believe that certain conveniences are worth the extra cost. J, on the other hand, was raised to believe that convenience was for sissies and that something worth doing...
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When I was still teaching high school English, one of my kids came in one day drinking some apple juice from a reusable water bottle emblazoned with the school's mascot. I was horrified to see the kid throw the entire container (including a good 6...
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Don't be fooled... 1. Water. I'm guilty of this, even with my environmentalist tendencies. Water comes freely out of the tap, so therefore it must be free. No matter how many water bills I pay, I still have trouble connecting the idea of money...
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Yesterday, we received this tidbit of good news in the mail: Not that I need the validation, but getting a "Great Job" from my utility company was quite a nice little boost. J and I can't take all the credit for this (and in fact, I personally...
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