I’ve been doing this for years, and I found this great photo from an article in The Sun Chronicle on how to get the most out of your wardrobe in these economic times. The secret to keeping your knee-high boots in great shape is to stuff them with rolled magazines. A nice thick magazines works [...]
Archive of entries posted on April 2009
Friday’s Fun Find: Future Me
FutureMe.org lets you write your (future) self a letter to be delivered via email. The site has very few bells and whistles. Simply draft an email to your (future) self, provide your email address, and enter the date you want to receive it. This is not a reminder service, and they do require that you [...]
Tuesday’s Top Pick: Crunchy Chicken
Today’s Top Pick is the Animal, Vegetable, Miracle series from Crunchy Chicken. My sister’s book club is reading the book, and she turned me on to the Crunchy Chicken blog. This is one of my favorite books, and Crunchy Chicken gives a great synopsis with thought provoking editorial comments. This environmental blogger has been around [...]
My Favorite Things: MOXI
MOXI helps me watch less t.v. Back in October 2008, I wrote about paying for cable. At the time, I signed up for a six month promotion which recently ended. I called my cable company to find out what promotion I could sign up for next and decided to upgrade to MOXI. Typically, upgrading my [...]
It Just Keeps Getting Better
The past three months have been hard on our little family. For many reasons you can imagine, and some you can’t imagine until you’ve experienced it, a parent with a broken foot and a fast-paced 10-month old can be a less than ideal combination. To make matters worse, every time my husband would say, “Can [...]
7 MORE Reasons to be Thankful for a Broken Foot
I admit it. I have thrown myself more than one pity party over my broken foot. It’s true. I have called up my friends Depression and Frustration, and we have sat down together to enjoy big cups of tears with organic biscuits made of pure self-pity. In order to bring out the best of the [...]
Friday’s Fun Find: Dillyeo
Dillyeo.com is a website that features one product a day at a really cheap price. Recent items include MP3 players, messenger bags, iPods, vaccum cleaners, watches, digital cameras, and camcorders. The site claims to have the lowest price for that item on the web that day, and they list their competitors websites and prices. If [...]
10 Ways to Stretch Your College Fund
This was originally posted on Frugal Dad on January 29, 2009by Joy Harkins Are you a parent interested in helping your child earn a college degree? Are you a student looking to save money on tuition? Having completed a B.A., M.A., and a Ph.D, I have perfected the art of stretching my college dollar. I [...]
7 Steps for Achieving a Super Simple Life
This was originally posted on My Super-Charged Life on January 28, 2009.by Joy Harkins When I started Just Plain Joy, I wanted to create an outlet for exploring and defining a simple life. I decided I wanted to pursue a simpler life for several reasons – I wanted to save more money to invest in [...]
25 Tips for a Green Pregnancy
This was originally posted on Green Baby Guide on January 13, 2009.by Joy Harkins During pregnancy, turning “green” may be another way to describe an oncoming bout of morning sickness. But “going green” has become another way of saying you are committed to a way of living that improves or sustains the quality of the [...]
