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What Are Your Top Financial Goals? 23 Aug 2013 | 02:06 am
Photo: SarahC73 Personal finance is one of my favorite subjects to write about and research, and given the enthusiastic participation by so many of you in the January Money Diet each year, the topic...
What’s On Your Life List? Share Yours and Win an Amazon Gift Card 17 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
Photo: paalia Many of you know that I’m a full-time writer. I support my family with various writing activities, including freelancing for magazines, helping businesses communicate, and authoring sev...
Back to School Giveaway: Eco-Friendly Lunch Bags From Recycled Reflections 8 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This week, you could win a selection of 12 colorful, eco-friendly bags from Recycled Reflections. But first, let me tell you about the inspiration behind these wonderful bags. Brooke Harris is a 4th ...
Save on Laundry Detergent With This Simple Tip 7 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
Have you ever wondered why laundry detergent manufacturers provide us with such confusing measuring cups? You don’t think it’s so we’ll inadvertently use more than we need to — and thus buy more, do y...
Free Book Giveaway – The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms 22 Jul 2013 | 10:55 am
I find the idea of foraging and cooking wild mushrooms quite intriguing, but I’ve always been scared to death to try. How about you? Those stories of people being deathly poisoned by eating the wrong...
4 Happy Simple Ways To Avoid Debt 19 Jul 2013 | 09:09 pm
Photo: jmayer1129 A few months ago I shared my own personal story about debt, and I thought you might like an update. In addition to retiring my credit card and using cash or a debit card to pay for ...
Got Vases? A Mini Decluttering Challenge 14 Jul 2013 | 09:50 pm
I love fresh flowers on the table here at the urban homestead, and more often than not I’ll just pick a few posies and loosely arrange them in a jelly jar to brighten the table. So the other day as I...
Free Book Giveaway – Good Clean Food 7 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
An encouraging new book: Good Clean Food When I first wrote out a sort of simple living mission for our family, one of my goals was that we would try to eat good food. If you share a similar intentio...
Celebrating America on the Fourth of July With a New Song You’ll Love 4 Jul 2013 | 07:57 pm
Photo: paraflyer Happy Independence Day, and I hope you have a safe and festive Fourth. If you want to feel proud of our country (and maybe shed a tear or two), listen to this great new single ‘Amer...
7 Ways to Politely Discourage Bindweed in Your Garden 22 Jun 2013 | 08:51 pm
Let’s talk about bindweed. Here at the urban homestead, we have some spectacular patches of bindweed. The weed seems to especially enjoy growing in the vegetable gardens, but it also likes to twist i...
