Monthly Archives: July 2007

Mama needs a yard upgrade (and a body makeover, to boot)!

Our whole family has been eating pure crap lately. We spent a week at the beach and I kid you not, I gained 7 pounds in 7 days. Chips, beer, cookies, ice cream, more beer, cheese, hot dogs, oh, and … Continue reading

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a little Greek philosophy

I’m in the middle of pulling together a presentation so my blogging (as well as my house cleaning, cooking and parenting) has fallen by the wayside. I happened upon this quote in the signature line of an organizer’s email the … Continue reading

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Be a double do-gooder!

We’re back from a glorious week long vacation at the beach. I just realized that it was exactly a year ago that we launched our first six month consumer free experiment. I wish I could say that our family was … Continue reading

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I’m a van driver

After a year’s worth of searching, debating, discussing, fretting, complaining and saving, we purchased a Nissan Quest minivan yesterday. I found a used 2006 with only 12K miles and way more bells and whistles than we need or want, but … Continue reading

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