A Practical Walk

Frugal Four – A Sandwich from History

My husband decided on another sandwich from Sandwiches of History for his birthday. Last year we did one that had coleslaw and cooked greens and it was a hit! This year he chose this tomato sandwich from Sandwiches of History. Unfortunately we don’t have big tomatoes ready in the garden yet. And also unfortunately I…
June Recap

June has felt like summer in multiple ways! We haven’t been doing schoolwork, it’s been as hot as smoldering lava, and all the summer activities are a buzz. Like all months, there were highlights and lowlights. Lowlights Probably the hardest thing this month was a situation where my daughter was working. It continued and got…
Frugal Four Plus Ebay Flop

I got my hair cut with a new hairdresser. The base price for this lady was $7 cheaper than another lady I’ve used before. Plus she styled it without charging extra. It is still cheaper to get it done at the hair school, but I’ve had mixed results there. She parted my hair on the…
Life Pruning

My main bed of tomatoes morphed into a giant green monster! The different plants were wrapping themselves around each other and it had gotten hard to tell which branch belonged to which plant! It needed pruning. So I went out and pruned a whole bunch. Not just casually pinching off a sucker here and there,…
Frugal Five – Mostly Thrifting

My mother-in-law gave me a big bouquet of kale from her garden. I love the sharing that goes on with gardening! We made a day trip to the larger town and combined a bunch of errands. My husband picked up some orders from Home Depot, my daughter used an Ulta Beauty giftcard she got at…
Thankful Post

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m so, so thankful to be here in the US while our kids transition to adulthood. One of our kids is having to deal with a very difficult situation at work, and while I hate that they’re having to go through this, I’m grateful we can…
Frugal Four – New Couch!

We bought a new-to-us couch. As you may recall our beloved couch’s upholstery has been wearing away. We have loved this couch. The size is perfect for our living room, it’s comfy, we’ve even used the pull out bed on multiple occasions. We’ve been keeping our eyes out for another one that fits the bill…
Frugal Five – Girl Day

I needed to buy groceries, so my daughter and I made a day of it. Our first stop was the discount bargain store, then a local thrift shop where I bought 1 item for reselling. Next we headed to Goodwill where I donated some clutter, got my donation coupon and then did some shopping. I…
Frugal Five – Squash Recipes Please!

I earned enough fetch rewards for another $3 Amazon giftcard. This isn’t going to turn us into millionaires or anything, but it’ll make our next Amazon order $3 cheaper. Even though I’m the ebay seller, sometimes my husband finds things for me to sell. He picked up this Disney cats frame and it sold in…
May Recap

I’m very aware that it’s June13 and I’m finally getting this posted, better late than never! If I had to pick one word to describe May, I’d pick “full.” We had a birthday, graduation, trip, wrapping up school and been doing lots in the garden! Lowlights The bad news is we had hail, the good…