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An Uncomplicated Life: Cooking

A couple of weeks back, I wrote about the need I have to uncomplicate our lives lately.  (It bugs me that “uncomplicate” isn’t really a word because I teach grammar, but it should be!)  At any rate, I wanted to post a few thoughts this summer about how we have undertaken to simplify our lives [...]

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Eating at Home Without Going Insane! Part 2

The How of Eating at Home
This is a continuation of Tuesday’s post, which covered the “why” of eating at home.
It is my opinion that most of us agree that eating at home would be best for our family.  But we often don’t do it because we are overwhelmed by the thought of coming up with [...]

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Eating At Home Without Going Insane! Part 1

The Why of Eating at Home
Last year we had a friend from the Dominican Republic come and stay with us for a few days.  It was a great time, and one observation she made while she was visiting has really stuck with me.  We were stopped at a red light on a major road and [...]

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A Confession: I Don’t Clip Coupons

I can almost hear the gasps from frugal women everywhere.  You don’t use coupons?! Don’t you know you’re throwing money away?
First, let me say that I’ve tried to be a coupon clipper before…I’ve even owned a variety of cute little coupon holders.  But it has never stuck, and I’ve pretty much decided to just stop [...]

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