Freaky Frugalite

I’ve been hearing that water-filled plastic bags scare flies away. Uh HUH. :ermm: Pardon my skepticism, folks. I find it kinda hard to believe. Is this really true?? Flies are really pesky things, and it’s difficult for me to believe that a bag of water will repel them. I slather bug spray all over me […]

Right now is a great time to grab some outstanding deals on electronics. Buy.com has released their weekly sale email flyer; it’s stuffed with some really terrific stuff! I saw this Toshiba 1Terabyte eSATA external hard drive… under $100!!! That stinks, actually, because I got a generic name external HDD recently, and it is only […]

Finding a house can be SO hard. I know! I spent a few years hunting for our current money pit beautiful abode. 😀 Actually, owning a home is terrific. It’s a lot of work, but I’ve never been afraid of hard work. There are many, many blessings to owning a home. However, it can be […]

Been a tough week, here at the old homestead. The Hubs has been working longer hours, so I’ve been on my own for most of the demolition of our kitchen and dining room. Then, the IRS decided to “examine” (aka, audit) my income, saying I didn’t claim it properly (I’m self-employed, and am paid via […]

Finally, the prices of electronics are going down again. Buy.com is having a stupendous sale on a lot of really nice stuff right now! This one made me bug my eyes: the DLA iBoom Clock Radio. Original price is $100, it’s on sale for $40!! It charges the iPod while docked, and has some nice […]

This has GOT to be the absolutely coolest thing I have seen. Hands down, this is the best gadget of the year! I saw this on sale at Buy.com and it is amazing! It’s the Sony Dash. It’s a “personal Internet viewer.” I have always wanted one of these. How many times have I been […]

Whether it was the effects of too much hard work, the plaster dust, or just because we’re a silly family, the kids and I were yukking it up over the weekend about Chuck Norris. We’re demolishing the downstairs of our house right now….. and at the end of a very, very exhausting Friday, we were […]

You may see sponsored posts a TAD more frequently this week, with fewer posts filled with my inane charming wit and personality (although I do try to inject it into the sponsored posts as well). That’s because we are gutting the downstairs of my home this week. And I’m exhausted. And I don’t *feel* like […]

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Linens ‘N Things. All opinions are 100% mine. Am I a savings magnet or what?! I’m suddenly discovering all these very helpful promo codes, sales, and discounts going on right now. And it is all for stuff I need for my home renovation right […]

“The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.” — Eugene McCarthy see more Lolcats and funny pictures Bureaucracy, BAH!!! [we now go back to our regularly scheduled blogging…]