Author Archives: Emily

I stopped…

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Since February I’ve planned to quit smoking.  I started cutting down on the number of smokes per day, started breaking habits associated with smoking and started doing a bunch of other preparatory things to get myself ready.  I had even come up with a quit date and I had planned to post about it with this fun picture… Then, I got overwhelmed by mid March and thought I couldn’t do it.  The thought of being a ‘non smoker’ was terrifying.  For those of you who have never been smokers, you probably can’t understand this.  For those of you who smoke … Keep on reading —->

Update: Champagne Vinegar Experiment

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If you recall, back in November I read somewhere that it’s easy to make vinegar out of old champagne or wine.  Without further investigation, I decided to take on the challenge of making my own. As much as I hate to admit defeat… Ugh.  After further investigation, I found that it’s a much more in-depth process than I had been lead on to believe originally. If you’d like to make your own vinegar, click HERE for a tutorial. I knew my way was too good to be true…

What Do You Have Control Over?

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Scenario: You order an electronic product online that you’ve been dying to get.  You anxiously await it’s arrival in the mail for days.  Finally it gets to your doorstep, you open it and plug it in.  To your surprise, nothing happens.  Hmmm…You unplug it and try it again and still nothing.  What do you do next? (a) Keep trying everything you can to get it to work, until option b sounds like the most rational decision. (b) Throw it against the wall. (c) Contact the seller to let them know their product isn’t working as promised. (d) Do nothing and … Keep on reading —->

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Sometimes, I just gotta be quiet

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Yesterday I was in the checkout line at Sprouts.  I wasn’t paying much attention to the conversation between the check out guy and the customer in front of me until I heard check out guy say “I love this bread!”.  I took notice of what kind of bread he was referring to.  It was a great bread – Oroweat Oatnut.  Yum! As soon as I noticed the bread, my next impulse was to tell the customer “You know, you could get that cheaper at the bread thrift store down the street…”   It’s true!  The only time I’ve actually bought this … Keep on reading —->

3 Paycheck Month

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March is a 3 paycheck month for me and I’m over the moon about it.  I’m not excited because I get to buy some useless crap with this ‘extra’ money, I’m excited because I get to make a sizable payment toward the ol’ loan and that makes me giddy. If you haven’t caught on by now, I’m a geek like that. I remember prior to 2011 when I realized it was a 3 paycheck month, I would get just as giddy but for the opposite reason.  Oooh, what can I buy now?  Sometimes it was electronics, sometimes clothes.  Sometimes it … Keep on reading —->

Looking For Balance

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I have been pretty absent lately.  Absent from a lot of things.  This blog.  Meaningful recreation.  Exercise.  Socialization with loved ones. My personal & financial goals.  Basically life outside of work. I’ve been VERY unbalanced.  For reasons I’d rather not get into here, I have expending most of my energy into work.  This is not good for me.  At. All. Thankfully, this unbalanced lifestyle should be coming to an end very soon and for that I am grateful  Some things will be changing and hopefully I will be returning to my equilibrium.  Homeostasis is right around the bend. I should … Keep on reading —->

Coconut Oil Lotion & Make Up Remover

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Seriously guys, coconut oil has become an obsession.  Obsession! This stuff is great!  I’ve found so many great uses for it.  My favorite use for it is as a moisturizer.  My second favorite use for it is as a make up remover. This way of preparing the oil for a lotion/make up remover is SUPER easy and just fantastic. Get out the coconut oil & some vitamin E (optional) Measure it out & place it in a mixing bowl. I measured out 1 cup, which was enough to fill up a cute little glass jar I have.  I also squirted … Keep on reading —->

Guest Post: How to Find Free or Cheap Entertainment for Your Family

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Since I’ve been a lazy blogger lately, I thought I’d throw in a guest post.  Thanks to Nick for writing this post, which has some great ideas for family fun  Source Families need to have fun together but many entertainment options tend to be relatively expensive. Is it possible to spend some quality time together without affecting the family budget negatively? Creative mothers and fathers know how to come up with free or cheap entertainment options for the entire family. Here are several great ideas that you can try, whether you like to have fun at home or in town. … Keep on reading —->

Monthly Update: February 2013

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Greetings, from a lazy blogger!  I guess I should give myself some credit – I’m not so much lazy as busy and otherwise unmotivated. February went by quickly and I realize that I haven’t posted anything since the January Monthly Update.  Bad Blogger! As I mentioned in January, my life has become busy all of a sudden.  When it rains, it pours.  Work is busy, both my regular 9-5 job as well as my part-time contract job.  Call me crazy, but when I spend all day at a computer and then come home and work a few hours at the … Keep on reading —->

Monthly Update: January 2013

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Hiya.  January is over already (where the heck did it go?!) and I’m ready to review it. 2013 has proven to be busy so far and I have a feeling it’s not going to let up anytime soon.  Unfortunately, I’m not sure if that means I’ll be finding extra time for blog posts or not, but I shall do my best to continue to post on a regular basis. Work continues to be really busy.  Most of the time, it’s a good busy.  I’m really hopeful for the year to come and I think there are some good things ahead … Keep on reading —->