A week after school let out, my son emerged from his room just after 11:30am, immediately laid on the living room floor and and claimed complete boredom of summer vacation. That didn't take long. Our teenage son had fallen into a … [Read more...] about I’ve Got the (Free) Cure For the Summertime Blues
I opened the bathroom drawer to put away the new tube of toothpaste requested by my wife since she said she was out. Instead of finding a flat, empty tube as I would have expected, I found a twisted, mangled mess. After I straightened it … [Read more...] about Use It Up Challenge: The Breakfast Cereal Smack Down
I separate colors, I know what gets washed in cold or hot, I pre-treat stains, and I'm not afraid of hand washing delicates. I do my share of laundry. It's not something I particularly like doing, but it is a necessary evil. I'm … [Read more...] about Are Your Laundry Habits Making You Stink?
Dad, can I get a yearbook?, asked my son. I thought back to when I was a teenager. Buying yearbook was very little about the pictures that were inside, and more about getting your friends to sign it. It was a kind of status symbol to fill up as … [Read more...] about Are School Yearbooks a Waste Of Money?
From Clever Dude: while I could be the one who buys groceries, Clever Dudette does because she absolutely loves grocery stores. She's a registered dietitian and enjoys walking the aisles to check out what's new and their nutritional value for her … [Read more...] about Clever Dudette’s Thrifty Grocery Shopping Ideas
I looked back as we left a popular local restaurant and saw chicken wings, most of a burger and two half empty beer glasses sitting on the table where my wife and I had been eating lunch with another family. Our friends had ordered too much food … [Read more...] about Wasting Chicken Wings Really Burns My A$$
Clever Dude bought me a kindle for Christmas in 2011; little did he know that I spent most of my teen years reading! I would read while my parents watched TV, read while we were on a 20 minute drive to visit my grandmother…I read every chance I … [Read more...] about Clever Dudette’s Frugal Kindle Plan
I'm not a big fan of dining out. I'm a pretty good cook, so to me dining out usually means over paying for food that I could make better and cheaper myself. When we do go out to eat, it usually happens for one of three reasons: Convenience: Life … [Read more...] about Restaurant Specials That Rocked My Weekend
