Being young, 20-something, and in the marriage market means you ought to know how to cook, guys and girls, because eating out and buying packaged or processed food gets expensive. You and your significant other will tire of candlelight dinners of Hamburger Helper and desire something...more ( Read more... )

As part of my efforts to stay within my monthly budget, I check the daily deals offered by websites such as Groupon, LivingSocial, and Woot. Sometimes they'll have a deal for a fun activity, and this time it was for a painting with glass on ceramics class at Fat Cats Ceramics in Brandon, MSWith the deal I paid $9 for an $18 class. I got to pick out ( Read more... )

When I find items I enjoy, like certain tasty dishes, cute accessories, or clothes, I sometimes wonder, can I make that? Part of my curiosity comes from a reluctance to pay for things I can make or do just as well myself. The other part comes from a desire to just understand how certain things are made and what techniques make them better of worse ( Read more... )