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Chilled Asian Style Noodles with Spinach and Garlic Sauce

Chilled noodles make nice cool meals for summer days but we also love to eat them in the winter. You can use any type of asian noodles and even angel hair pasta to make chilled noodles. They are espeicially good with the  homemade noodles we blogged about previously.
To prepare the noodles, simply cook as required [...]

Carnival of Pecuniary Delights No. 12: Catch a Wave Edition

Welcome to the 12th Carnival of Pecuniary Delights, Catch a Wave Edition!
For those of you who haven’t yet had the pleasure of getting to e-know me (7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me), I grew up in Hawaii, and for several years suffered a serious addiction to surfing. Don’t get me wrong, I sucked. But [...]

Remembering Why We Do What We Do

My dog Luwi (”loo-vee” short for Ludwig) loves movies. Ever since he was a puppy, he has been fascinated with the television, especially scenes with animals or action. He would jump up on the TV and lick or bite the screen when he saw something exciting. Naturally, he was equally if not more captivated by [...]

Finance Blog Carnivals of Late

We would like to thank the following carnival hosts for including our posts in their recent editions:
Wise Bread: Carnival of Personal Finance #205: Pay it Forward Edition included our post DIM (Did-it-Myself!) Country Kitchen Storage Shelf.
Almost Frugal: The Carnival of Pecuniary Delights No. 8 included our post Sewing: A Frugal and Fulfilling Hobby – Save [...]

It Never Hurts to Ask: Getting Late Fees Removed

This past Saturday, I decided to get some air and take a leisurely stroll out to the mailbox at dusk to see if any goodies had come in the mail. However, I was very unpleasantly surprised to find that I had somehow missed a payment on our water bill and received a $15 penalty.
Our city’s [...]

What’s the silver lining in this recession?

Photo: John Edwards
Wise Bread is holding a $10 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway for a random answer to the above question and I thought it would be a good exercise for me.
Frankly my first reaction to this question was “There is no silver lining.” Our business sales are lower than ever so income is down while [...]



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