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	<description>Where economy and ecology meet.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>This $4 gadget saved us $34</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/this-4-gadget-saved-us-34/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I bought a Kill-a-Watt device to measure electricity usage, and I&#8217;ll be posting here periodically about what it&#8217;s teaching me.
True confession: We have a fancy Bunn coffee maker that keeps the water heated at all times so we can brew a fresh, excellent pot of coffee (into the dishwasher-safe thermal carafe) within 3 minutes.
We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-using household items</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the process of trying to reduce our garbage, I&#8217;ve come across several items that I needed and wanted to not buy &#8212; and conversely, several items I hated to throw away but couldn&#8217;t easily recycle. By reusing these items, necessity meets utility.
Quite some time ago, when I started cleaning everything with baking soda instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fruit scavenging - cherries</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/fruit-scavenging-cherries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, as I&#8217;ve been out walking the dog, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice a neighbor down the street with a tree full of cherries growing riper &#8230; and riper. I remembered my vow last year to ask for fruit that appeared to be going to waste, so I knocked on the door on Tuesday.
Nobody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday wrap-up: Hacking Craigslist, ceiling fans, efficient cars, boob-powered iPods</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/friday-wrap-up-hacking-craigslist-ceiling-fans-efficient-cars-boob-powered-ipods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get Rich Slowly this week posted a terrific tip to subscribe to a search on Craigslist. Mwah ha ha, when the right Kromski Prelude spinning wheel comes along, I will be all over it!
It is ceiling fan season &#8212; and The Simple Dollar posted a simple list of ways to get your ceiling fan to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Composter giveaway; what to compost</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/composter-giveaway-what-to-compost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Daily is giving away a $300-value composter package for those who comment with what they would compost by July 2. It&#8217;s a random drawing, so I am generously decreasing my own chances by letting all of you in on it! Good luck!
Also, our neighborhood newsletter arrived yesterday with a slightly wackadoodle article about composting. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My life with the Diva Cup</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/my-life-with-the-diva-cup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This one&#8217;s for the ladies! Men, you&#8217;ve been warned.

TMI! TMI! TMI!
Too much information, indeed, about things very personal to womankind. Still in? OK then.
In April, I signed on for Crunchy Chicken&#8217;s Diva Cup challenge. She offered the chance to win a Diva Cup &#8211; an insertable, washable silicone cup that catches menstrual flow, eliminating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How walkable is your neighborhood?</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I came across this cool tool to rate how walkable your neighborhood is (via The Simple Dollar).
You just type in your address and it calculates your &#8220;walk score&#8221; based on the proximity to grocery stores, parks, libraries, restaurants, bars, services, schools, churches, etc. It has its flaws &#8212; it lists Jamba Juice as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden update: Cukes &#38; growth</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/garden-update-cukes-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cheaplikeme</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the garden, we are entering the exciting Stage 2, where the plants are *visibly* growing.
Stage 1 is &#8220;everything is in the ground and it&#8217;s just sitting there!&#8221; Impatient people such as myself get very irritable with Stage 1 &#8230; even though we know, intellectually, that while the plant &#8220;just sits,&#8221; it is doing important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Twittering</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/im-twittering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note - I have finally succumbed to the Twitter-buzz and signed up on Twitter.
If you&#8217;re on Twitter too and you&#8217;re interested in following or being followed, let me know!
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		<title>First CSA delivery</title>
		<link>http://cheaplikeme.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/first-csa-delivery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday was an exciting day: Our first CSA delivery arrived.
We stopped by our lovely host&#8217;s home and picked up our giant box, in which a couple of the ballyhooed-by-e-mail crops (garlic scapes - 4; Vidalia onion - 1) looked particularly pitiful.
The contents of our small share (half-share) were:

One lovely head of Bibb/butter lettuce.
One head of [...]]]></description>
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