The Banking Dilemma continues

Finally after one full month of waiting, we are able to access our funds. Imagine that you got paid today, April 7th but you were not able to cash your check until May 7th! Well, that is what we are now subject too in Spain… a one month holding of funds. Praise the Lord [...]



The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia M. Child

What an interesting little book this is:

Originally published in 1832, this extraordinary manual for the homemaker of modest means is far more than a mere “cookbook.”
Here is a quote:
“The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments, so that nothing be lost. I mean fragments of time, as [...]



100 things about me…


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58 years old this week…
Our friend Ted, after reading my blog remarked that he was learning new things about me. That got me to thinking that I could tell y’all 100 things you may or may not know about me (and probably don’t care about… me either for that matter). Yep, this month is my [...]