I've heard good things about using printable coupons to cut one's grocery bill, but apparently it only works as a saving strategy in households where pre-made convenience foods, scent masking products, and extremely branded cereals are the areas where the grocery budget is being bled dry. The coupon sites I looked at were just as pathetic as the ( Read more... )

Funny: I check my friend page every now and again when I'm trying to avoid working, and I was getting kind of sad because no one ever wrote anything. Then I realized that I've been logged out since I got my new computer! So I logged in, and now I see that you're getting jobs! Naming babies! Being queens! Taking tests! Peeing standing up ( Read more... )

Yeah, that's right - I'm running yet another giveaway, this one at Manolo for the Brides. And while my CSN giveaway over at IKHIBF is getting good lovin', the Social Coutuer one ain't. I'd appreciate it if you'd take the time to enter one or both - the CSN gift cert can be used for pretty much anything, and Social Couture carries sweet tableware, ( Read more... )

I'm hosting a giveaway over at the Babby Blog, so enter if you want to win a $40 that can be used at any of CSN's 200+ stores. They have some unbranded stuff, but it's mostly pretty sweet gear (housewares, baby and kids' stuff, bags, outdoor gear, decor, etc.). Entering only costs you a minute of your time, and it makes me look good! Gracias!

Or more specifically was returned to us by the person who lives immediately in back of us. Oddly, she was the one person other than our immediate neighbors that Tedd had a chance to talk to over the weekend. It just happened that she saw Justine looking hungry and sad in her yard, and Justine (who must have been very, very hungry) just happened to ( Read more... )

One of my five cats, Justine, somehow escaped the house, maybe Friday, maybe Saturday. We don't know. She usually hangs in the basement, doing her own thing, so we didn't immediately notice her absence (guiltguiltguilt). Our next door neighbor thinks she saw Justine on Saturday, but we haven't. Thus far, we've left the shed open - it's raining - ( Read more... )

Sometimes the cemetery is really fucking sad:


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Tedd and I have embarked upon an indefinite spending freeze. We can pay the bills. Buy food (but nothing too fancy or fun). And solve health or home problems as they arrive. We cannot, say, go to a restaurant or take the baby to the play place or buy ourselves a present. We have, however, had great fun talking about what we'll buy when the spending ( Read more... )

1. Write down the novel I have fluttering about in my head before it flutters away. It's been there for a while, and I fear it'll move on soon ( Read more... )

A new LOVE/HATE is up over at MftB: http://bit.ly/6aAwh2

Go check it out and have your say!