Freaky Frugalite

The Old Geezer had a great blog post about boredom. He noted that in this modern world of electronics and gadgetry, some people still complain of boredom. Boredom was an infrequent condition for folks living in the “olden days,” as their lives were so filled with hard work that leisure time was scarce and precious. [...]

I am highly offended. HIGHLY. I had to go to the local drugstore to look for some birthday cards for my moms. (I have two moms, a *real* mom and a step mom). My sons begged and begged to go, but they had some schoolwork to finish up, and honestly, I just knew they’d only [...]

Read the end of the post to see how you can win the DVD of the soon-to-be-released movie “Walk in My Shoes” starring Nancy Travis, Cameron Deane Stewart, Yara Martinez, and Philip Winchester! There’s an old Indian proverb, “Never criticize a man until you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins.” The movie title “Walk in [...]

With four kids, I have never had to deal with the problem of buying new clothing every year- the kids just passed down their clothing to the next smallest sibling. Unfortunately, the kids are older now, and my eldest two have stopped growing. Which means my seemingly endless supply of hand-me-down clothing has dwindled considerably. [...]

Slavery in America is all over, right? No more slavery! The Emancipation Proclamation, right? Civil Rights and Martin Luther King, Jr., right? Well, racial slavery is ended. But did you know that the United States is a MAJOR breeding ground for sex slavery? The statistics are disgusting. It is estimated that there are 12.3 million [...]

There is some awe in knowing someone who has written a book. It’s such a monumental task, as well as an expensive one! I looked into the publishing market several years ago. Back then, it was advised that I read the encyclopedic-sized A Writer’s Market, find (and pay for) an agent, write multitudes of letters [...]