Pecuniarities

My kitchen provides two solutions for the dry flaky skin caused by cold windy days and indoor heating. One is convenient and the other smells nice.
If you want to have smooth skin and smell nice . . .

Add a squeeze of lemon to your lotion. Lemon removes dead skin cells, leaving your skin soft and [...]

The Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are no doubt the 2 of the most looked forward to occasions in America. I know they’re my favorites. But over the years, I have to come find that while I very much enjoy the dinners, they are not without consequences – mainly the side effects of overindulgence: an “enhanced” [...]

We participated in one blog carnival last week (I keep forgetting to submit until the deadlines are past!) last week, Festival of Frugality #152: Affected by Recession Edition, which was hosted at Financial Wellness Project. My post Save on Groceries and Household Supplies with Amazon’s Subscribe & Save Program was included in the Specific Products/Services, [...]

The Holidays are fun, or they’re supposed to be, but sometimes it gets hard to remember that when you have people coming over and a hundred things to get done on time. A good way to take some pressure off when hosting a large Holiday dinner party is to have a Party-Preparation Party the day [...]

Use the DMV’s website to save time and money on Vehicle Registration and Driver License renewals, as well as obtain information on smog testing and repair, including financial assistance, for California residents.

While cold weather has it charms – pretty white snow (for some of us), excuse to drink lots of hot chocolate, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. – with it comes some less charming side effects: colds, flus, etc. Not only is it no fun to get sick, it can be expensive. When one is not feeling well, [...]

It feels good to get back in the groove of posting regularly again. My cousin lent me an older laptop of his last week so that I can work (on the blog and our other business sites) while Madoline works on her paintings on our PC, and it has made all the difference.
As for life [...]