image credit  I love lists. Some are mental: Don't eat that third piece of cake. Go for a run instead. Some are written: Scrub the bathtub. Scrub the children in the bathtub. Some are totally unnecessary, I just write them down to make myself feel productive on blah days: Make a to-do list. Make a cup of coffee. Many are for my husband. These involve a higher level of concentration and skill than I possess. Find those drywall anchors we bought two years ago and hang up that heavy map, centered between the bookshelf and the window. xoxo. Hook up the tv so we can watch the Olympics (men's swimming tonight!). Keep Reading

image credit Guest Post by Kari Patterson The unspoken rule around here is, If you find a deal, you gotta share the love.  Well, I found a deal. At least I think it is, but I'm a crazy locavore who loves supporting local farms and eating organic produce, raw honey, grass-fed beef, and those awesome brown eggs with dark yellow yokes. The difficult part of that diet is fairly obvious: It's expensive to eat that way. But since I'm a frugal-fanatic you better believe I was out there like a hound dog sniffin' out some ways to make this work. I found one way:  The Full-Diet CSA through Afton Field Farm. CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is Keep Reading

image credit Last August, my husband and I sold our house. With everyone (and I do mean everyone) telling us, "It's a great time to buy!", we figured we'd be in a new place in no time. It took us nine months. During this whole house hunt, we moved 90% of our belongings into a storage unit and moved our little family of four into my parents' house. We had the downstairs living space to ourselves and paid a small monthly rent. I can't even tell you the number of times I had some version of this conversation with people: "So, have you guys found a new home yet?" "Not yet. We're living with my parents right now." "Oh..." [insert raised eyebrows Keep Reading