One of the universal truths about rushing to get to the airport because of an emergency is that you are bound to forget something. Murphy's Law dictates that whatever you forget will be of the utmost importance and difficult to replace. In our case, I carefully packed a tupperware container of LO's...

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 was worth doing inconveniently, by gum. As with...

Last night was our final night in Pittsburgh. After a rousing day of wandering around Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece Falling Water, J and I were in the mood to check out a Pittsburgh institution, Wholey's Fish Market . We were unaware, when we started off for our ill-fated dinner, that the...

Sliding hill in Minnesota Happy day after Christmas. Well, it is over, at least as far as the calendar. I sincerely hope that you and yours had a happy and rewarding time. We had a quiet Christmas, relaxing, free from stress. We thought about and talked about Christmas memories. I enjoyed it. Maybe you...

Before you say yes, consider how you will get from place to place. Discuss this with your host, friends, family, or anyone else you know who is familiar with the area. Welcome to Thrifty Living Today, a special way of life for the Twenty-first Century. My name is Lori Blatzheim and I am your host. I...

I have come to the realization that “Black Friday” gets to us all, eventually. Welcome to Thrifty Living Today, a special way of life for the Twenty-first Century. My name is Lori Blatzheim and I am your host. On 11/23/2012, I decided to avoid, the evening before and early morning mayhem of, Black Friday...

Image courtesy of Pawel Drozd and Elzbieta Czerwinska-Drozd As we boarded our plane back to Indianapolis last night, we had to wait a moment before finding seats because a flight attendant who was as big around as my wrist was wrestling an enormous carry-on into submission in an overhead bin. Impressed...

Photo courtesy of Pingswept On Bankrate today, there was a list of the Top 5 Marathons in North America . I have run(ish) a marathon before. I'm a cheapskate and kind of a lazy runner, and so the marathon I ran was the Columbus marathon, because it not only required no travel on my part since I lived...

Last week, J's company held a mandatory meeting in which it was revealed that their sales are down by A LOT and that everyone would be asked to take a temporary lay off. Basically, everyone has to take an unpaid week off before the end of the year. We are lucky enough to be in a position to weather...

This summer, my husband and I spent a lot of time deciding whether to drive or take an airplane from our home in Minnesota to Southern California. Welcome to Thrifty Living Today, a special way of life for the Twenty-first Century. My name is Lori Blatzheim and I am your host. Some of the factors we...