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menu planning for the planning phobic

I found myself googling this very phrase today. You see, I want to plan our menu, shop around that plan, stick to that plan and save us even more money but I’m planning phonic.

A few years ago while in therapy, we tried to tackle this problem. We meaning, the therapist kept giving me a [...]

Why I don’t do camping

Most people would assume that my refusal to camp was part of some princess complex but for me, that is not the case. Yeah, so the ground isn’t the most comfortable thing to sleep on and crapping behind a tree isn’t exactly the kind of vacation memory I want to cherish but these are things [...]

Spring Break

Hello, Spring? Where are you? It’s more like winter here today. The wind is howling, I’m wearing a jacket and the kids are in sweats. The poor chickens have been getting blown ass over elbows but as soon as I got the video camera out, they started hugging the house and refused to preform for [...]

Let’s just fast forward

I’m a fantastic combination of nervous and pissed about going back to the surgeon today. As a result, I slept like shit and had weird dreams. Like the one where ninjas were attacking me with ice cream cones. No seriously, ninjas brandishing pointy ice cream cones in my face. And I fought valiantly against certain [...]

The Finding Yourself guide to being a ghetto fabulous granola eco-warrior

First buy your fridge from a scratch and dent warehouse.

Instead of touching up the scratches and dents with toxic appliance paint, affix children’s artwork over the affected areas. Make sure you leave an access opening for the on door ice and water compartment.

When ice cascades down inside of the interior back panel and freezes [...]