Some Materialism is Good For You

November 29, 2011

On this blog, I make Babci sound like some kind of super granny.  She is awesome that’s for sure, but there are some things about her simple living philosophy that make me go absolutely bananas.   As I analyze why Babci would do some of the things that press my hot buttons, I try to understand [...]

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Returning Cabbages

November 16, 2011

So we’re at the farmer’s market a few weeks ago and it is Krauting Season.  This means that we usually draw a big crowd at the farmer’s market.  People saw us filling up pillowcase after pillowcase of cabbages and couldn’t help but ask..what does one do with 200 pounds of cabbage?  A couple of people [...]

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Babci Doesn’t Own Measuring Cups

November 15, 2011

Babci doesn’t own measuring cups or spoons for that matter.  One of the things that I often hear from my friends is this.  Babci is such a great cook.  You should write down all her old world recipes so they don’t get lost.  To which I respond: “Recipe?  What is this strange word you speak.” [...]

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Pricey HGTV landscapes and frugal gardens

November 9, 2011

I’ve been remodeling homes for as long as I remember.  First it was at babci’s (one room at a time on the cheap), then it was with my 1950′s fixer upper. Finally, at the peak of the market, we bought my mom’s 1890′s split roof colonial…which needs everything.   What that means is that I’ve been [...]

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Rules to Lifestyle Inflation

November 1, 2011

Since I run in the circles of frugal living and personal finance blogs, I’ve seen a theme over and over again that I just had to speak out against a teensy tiny bit.  You see, the theme is this:  Lifestyle Inflation is bad.   If you get to the point where you pay off your debt [...]

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Low Cost Activism

October 24, 2011

Last week I wrote an article on Feminism that spurred quite a lot of comments. If you like you could go back to the original article and read it, but the jist of the message was this.  I stand up for myself, I lead by example, but I do not call out sexism for what [...]

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Favorites-The Organizing Myself edition

October 23, 2011

Here’s my long overdue roundup.  There’s been a lot of good stuff out there that I’ve managed to read but not comment on lately.  I’ve been trying desperately to organize my office and electronic life in an effort to get a fresh start on next year.  Yes, my electronic life is so cluttered, that I [...]

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Babci on Death

October 18, 2011

Today was a rather odd and sad day for me.  At about 9:30 in the morning, my little cul de sac was overrun with police cruisers, fire trucks and ambulances.   We had a relatively new neighbor move into our little pine covered street and I just found out she died sometime in the last few [...]

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Am I a Feminist?

October 12, 2011

 How I dealt with Sexual Harassment at Work Back when I was 19, I did a co-op assignment in the UK for a year.  I worked at a small specialty chemicals company that dealt with a lot of cyanide chemistry.  I worked in the lab doing various experiments and it wasn’t long before I got [...]

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Newsflash: Babci uses Tide

October 5, 2011

  Based on yesterday’s ASK BABCI series, a few folks were interested in what kind of cleaning products Babci uses, so I will do my best to give a rundown of her favorite products.  Don’t be surprised if some of them are modern.  (This is in no way a paid for or sponsored post.  These [...]

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