Homemade Linen Spray

In some e-book I was looking at recently, I came across a simple “recipe” for a homemade linen spray. That one called for 1/2 cup of vodka and 15-20 drops of Lavendar, but since our Vodka supply was slightly low, I decided to go with this recipe for a homemade lavendar linen spray. Calling for [...]

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New England Saving, Market Basket, 7.5.09-7.11.09

Center Cut Pork Chops $1.79
80% Ground Beef $1.99
Sirloin Steak, Boneless $3.29/lb.
Salmon Fillets $4.99/lb.
Roast Beef, Deli $3.99/lb.
Land O lakes American Cheese $2.99/lb.
Use with $1.00/1 Land O Lakes Deli cheese coupon (5.17 SS)
Kemp’s Frozen Yogurt 2/$5.00
Bing Cherries $2.29/lb.
Pineapple 2/$4.00
Market basket Milk $1.99 (1% or skim)
Near East Rice Pilaf 5/$5.00
Capatriti Olive Oil, 101 metal container $9.99
Arnold Whole Grain [...]

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Summer’s Here

I love days like today. I got home from work at 4:30, grabbed my latest read: One Square Inch of Silence, and walked the few blocks to the beach. The wind had a bite, but I had a blanket (I won), so I got to read a few chapters with my feet in the sand, [...]

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Brown-Bag Cost Analysis

Since my husband and I are both “in the workforce” as they say, we often run into the buy/bring conundrum. We’ve tallied budgets, looked up costs, and done some pretty hefty research. What we’ve found? Everything in moderation.
Now, there is a difference between a $6.74 meal somewhere, and something from home, obviously, and sometimes you [...]

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WFMW: Labeling Spare Buttons

Once upon a time, I would chuck all those spare buttons that came with pants, shirts, coats into a junk drawer. Then came a day when I lost not one, but two buttons off my everyday winter coat. And where were those buttons? Off to join the missing-sock, other-glove, pair-less mystery haven, I would guess.
So [...]

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