This post is part of the Saturday’s Seven series. Like most celebrations in the United States, Valentine’s Day is often driven by consumerism. It is easy to become materialistic and forget about the unmeasurable aspects of love. If you are looking for a Valentine’s Day gift that is “off the grid,” here are 7 green [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2009
Friday’s Fun Find: Zwaggle
Zwaggle is a national network of parents who have agreed to exchange gently used items. There are several categories, including baby gear, books, instruments, toys, and video games. Rather than using money as currency, users post their items and designate a “price” with points. New users automatically receive 50 points. Last time I checked, the [...]
Guest Post on Frugal Dad
Welcome readers from Frugal Dad! This is my second guest post this week, and I hope you enjoyed 10 Ways to Stretch Your College Fund. If you haven’t read it, hop on over to Frugal Dad! If you are new to Just Plain Joy, I hope you’ll take a look around and check out some [...]
Guest Post on My Super-Charged Life
Welcome readers from My Super-Charged Life! I hope you enjoyed 7 Steps for Achieving a Super-Simple Life. If you haven’t read it, hop on over and check it out! If you are new to Just Plain Joy, I hope you’ll take a look around and check out some of the most useful posts.
A Dozen Good Reasons Why Blogs Are Better Than Magazines
Here are dozen good reasons why blogs are better than magazines: 1. Blogs do not take up space on your coffee table. 2. Since blogs are only published on the web, they save natural resources. 3. You can access all the archived articles at any time. 4. You can read blogs from anywhere you have [...]
Tuesday’s Top Pick: Small Notebook
Today’s Top Pick is Paper Pile Makeover from Small Notebook. This is one of my favorite posts on her blog because of the before and after picture, which inspired me to try it with this post. You may also remember Small Notebook as my inspiration for the No Spend Month series. I just love the [...]
My Favorite Things: Dell Inspiron 700 M
The Dell Inspiron 700 M has been my trusty companion for four years. It got me through all my doctoral classes and my dissertation. I am sure there are smaller, faster, cuter notebooks out there now, but I am very pleased with this Dell laptop. Here are the specs: Width 11.7 inDepth 8.5 inHeight 1.5 [...]
Sunday’s Super Simple Solution: Favorite Articles Binder
I really enjoy reading magazines! Occasionally I come across an article that I think is worth revisiting. Instead of keeping old magazines around the house, I save the articles I want to keep from all magazines in one binder. The binder has five sections: fashion, fitness, inspiration, parenting, and other. It’s fun to go back [...]
Seven Essential Kitchen Items
This post is part of the Saturday’s Seven series. I recently took inventory of my kitchen and it was looking a little cluttered. I have two crock pots, four cheese graters, five colanders (no offense Dad, I love the fold flat one you gave me!), over a dozen assorted glass and plastic containers, and three [...]
Friday’s Fun Find: Etsy
Today’s Fun Find is Etsy. I have to say, if you haven’t heard of Etsy you must be living in a cave, but if you still have not visited the site you owe it to yourself and all the talented yet starving crafters of the world to visit! One of my favorite artists is Squishy [...]
