Posted in Deals, Green Living, Home, Saving, Shopping, money on July 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Life is extremely busy around here, and we can tell it’s almost August by the way the garden is out of control. At least one tomato plant is now taller than I am (I’m 5′8″); the Brussels sprouts are dwarfing the carrots; the cucumbers have climbed all over their trellis and now threaten to swarm [...]
Posted in Credit, Shopping, money on July 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you’re reading this on your computer, surely you have antivirus and firewall software installed. Given that you probably have many passwords and much private information on that computer, you need that protection.
It occurred to me this week that another step we should take to protect our credit is to heed the number of [...]
Posted in Home, money on July 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
That’s “Stupid Tax” as in “tax on my own stupidity,” and it’s exactly what Uncle Ed, the dictator of the political regime known as Plumb-istan, slapped me with on Monday.
We’ve had two faucets leaking badly. The back hose faucet has been leaking ever since we turned on the swamp/evaporative cooler (which uses water out of [...]
Posted in Deals, Environment, FAQ, Green Living, Home, Saving, money on July 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been working hard on our eco baby steps around here. I got several gasps of alarm at the no-TP move, but that’s really a drop in the bucket (or toilet) in terms of waste. I realized this especially on Sunday afternoon, when I was madly re-organizing the basement.
I wound up throwing out two 13-gallon [...]
Posted in Deals, Environment, Green Living, Home, Saving, Shopping, money on July 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last week we looked at to TP or not to TP. Now, I’ll introduce my toilet paper chart, in which I compare the eco-friendly and cheapo-friendly toilet paper options here in Denver, Colo. These are sorted by cost per square foot of toilet paper. Your mileage may vary.
Cost
Quantity
Cost per roll
Sheets per roll
Cost per sheet
Square feet [...]
Posted in Deals, Eating, Environment, Garden, Home on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Got gas? Check out this socially conscious gas guide: http://moneyandvalues.blogspot.com/2007/07/socially-conscious-gas-guide-part-1.html
Got a TV? Give it up and you’ll net $1 million — or so this article posits: http://biz.yahoo.com/ts/070712/10367373.html?.v=4&.pf=banking-budgeting
Got a garden? We do, and pretty soon we’ll be eating out of it. That’s my prize cucumber at left, and I expect some ready for pickling in another [...]
Posted in Credit, Deals, Saving, Shopping, money on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
In May, I made a $900 impulse buy. But as it happens, that “impulse” was well thought-through.
The back story
Our house came with an older, off-white refrigerator that froze foods on the top shelves and leaked a river at the bottom. It stuck out 6″ into a narrow walkway, and from the living room, all you [...]
Posted in Deals, Fun, Travel, money on July 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Last summer, we escaped the dry heat of Colorado for southern California sunshine.
Lots of people hit the beach for vacation. But my goal was to find a way to make the trip for a whole week for around $1,000.
We did it. The three of us stayed in schmancy Laguna Beach, visited Disneyland and cruised Vegas [...]
Posted in Credit, Saving, money on July 17, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve got a guest blog up today at Free Money Finance. Check it out — it’s called “Reap the Benefits of Direct Deposit — Without Direct Deposit.”
Posted in Children, Environment, Green Living, Home on July 17, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Well, I did it. I switched to cloth toilet paper.
I am the lone voyager on this journey in my household. Little Cheap is interested, but frightened that she will flush the cloth down the toilet accidentally and get in trouble (she’s gleefully on the “let it mellow” bandwagon, however). Mr. Cheap is quietly aghast.
I’ve been [...]
