Freaky Frugalite

It’s only just a baby, but it’ll be all grown up before long. I created a new blog where I can be myself. No pressure to be glitzy, or fun, or entertaining, or pretty. No advertisers breathing down my neck with their demands for fast-paced, image-based content. This blog is radically different from the others, [...]

I started a new blog. YES, I did! I am not crazy… I don’t think I am. I don’t feel like I am, lol. My new blog is just starting up, and there is very little content right now. I’m taking my time with it. No embellishment, no crazy chattering, no colorful buttons and advertising. [...]

I had a “George Bailey” moment last night. Remember that movie It’s a Wonderful Life? In the movie, the angel Clarence shows George what life would be like if George had never been born. I remember something Clarence said to George: “You’ve been given a great gift, George: A chance to see what the world [...]

Ah, memories. This LOL Cats picture made me bust laughing. I especially like “Rebel Cat.” Just HOW did the cat owner get his cat to do that?! Musta been the ‘nip. I was too shy and quiet in my large urban school to be a “cool cat,” or, as they are called in yearbooks, a [...]

… and it’s raining (what’s new)…. and I forgot to thaw the post roast. It would have been a perfect day for pot roast. Oh well. I have been living at my house for 14 years. For the FIRST time, I got a vision for the home decorating scheme. Yeah, I’m a late bloomer, I [...]

OK, it’s bad enough that an Internet quiz is encouraging me to be zany! My poor kids….. lol…. I hadn’t done any of those goofy Internet quizzes in a long time. So when my pals Gerard and Karen did the “What Kind of Jungle Animal Are You?” quiz, I was intrigued. So, what are you [...]

And it smells GREAT. There are four seasons to a year. You’d think that every season should last 3 months, right? I can’t think of any place on this earth where that happens. Here in Upstate New York, we have 5-6 months of winter, 1 month of spring, 4 months of summer, and 1 month [...]

I should be working today. I have a zillion articles in my queue for two companies. But it’s raining. And damp. And gloomy. And I’m so tired. I don’t want to be productive today. I was already really productive last week. Can I be unproductive this week? So I’m procrastinating, reading some blogs that I [...]

Oh, I’ve been lazy online these days. I took all of Friday off to spend some quiet time in the Bible and prayer. And I work weekends participating in a church building project. And everyone was so tired Monday (the humidity has been AWFUL and it just wrung us out) that we took Monday off [...]

Maybe it’s in my face- that “look” that tells the street hawkers that I’m an easy one. Or maybe it’s in my demeanor, the way I walk that perhaps oozes motherly gullibility. Or maybe it’s my Upstate New York accent- we’re all hicks up here, lol. Whatever it is, I am a MAGNET for street [...]