Nov 26, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I did it. I got up and went out at 4am to shoot the black friday craziness. Yes, that might make me crazy, but it was a blast people watching! I didn’t buy a thing, I just walked around the stores. I have lots of video, but no time to edit, as I have to work...
Nov 22, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
With my halfway point coming soon, and in efforts to do something fun and creative, I wanted to test out a couple of ideas I had. As I was playing around, my dining room table completely covered with junk, a friend called me to see if I had a specific camera lens....
Nov 20, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $ |
I heard something interesting on the radio yesterday morning. It was on KRLD news talk radio, and I’ve looked for it online, but I couldn’t find it. I did find something similar, but the radio version must have been the recap. Basically, they were...
Nov 18, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $
I decided to take my 14 year old car in to be repaired, as it’s been 5 years since I’ve had any major work done to it. Of course, I do keep up with the oil changes and regular maintenance items. My car is old, and runs wonderfully well. It’s an...
Oct 28, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I had to go to Target to allow my son to exchange a birthday gift he received. I put it off for a few weeks, but I needed to get it done. I had to pick up a few groceries, and Target is a place where I could get both things done. Of all the retail stores, I probably...
Oct 21, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I will be leading a breakout session today at ministryCOM, a church communications conference. I like to dress comfortable, and I usually do without a second thought. So why did I feel the need to try on everything in my closet today? The cultural norm is to buy a...
Oct 20, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I think I’m a hoarder. I hoard domain names. I love to .communicate on the web! I own 25 domain names, 4 of them belong to my friends and 2 belong to my kids. I get ideas for blogs and businesses all the time and the first thing I do is check for a domain...
Oct 19, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $, Thrift store |
Yes, I did it. I went into a retail store. It was Marshalls, and I went because I was asked to help pick out a tie and a shirt. Just for the record, we did look at the thrift store first, however it’s hard to find specific things in the right sizes. We were...
Oct 17, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Recycle, Save $
I had an interesting conversation with a guy I met recently in our church group. Curt lived in Hawaii for a long time, after living in Amarillo, Texas. We were discussing the “green issues”, possibly prompted from my lack of paper plates and plastic...
Oct 11, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Save $ |
My friend Becca, out in California, had a great blog post last week. cookieandclaire.blogspot.com She said my blog had inspired her and she’s planning to do Christmas a little differently this year… all handmade gifts. Well she has inspired me back! Last...
Oct 10, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I’m all about shopping for the best rates on anything I have to pay for. Electric, gas, water, pest control, phone, internet… all included. I asked my financial advisor if I should refinance my house. He said to look into it, as the percentage rates are...
Oct 9, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Salvaged, Save $ |
Back on day 103, my friend across the street called asking for some ideas about painting her kids bathroom. I’m sure Diane is thinking… *note to self*, don’t ask Jody a decorating question unless you want to remodel your entire house. The bathroom...
Oct 6, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $, Thrift store |
I really like my house. I’ve lived here for almost 4 years now and I’ve remodeled 95% of it myself. The one downside about my house is the lack of windows, resulting in low light in most of the rooms. On top of that, I have large trees outside blocking...
Sep 30, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
Yes, I’m a fan of apple products. In the graphics world, their products are far superior and much more dependable than PC’s. With one exception. Power cords. My G4 Powerbook went to my kids after almost 5 years. It still works great, and it was my...
Sep 28, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $ |
Today I decided to do a little bit of landscaping now that the weather is a bit cooler. Frying in my yard is not at the top of my happy list. I started pulling weeds in the front, working my way around the house. When I was over by my bedroom window, I heard a...
Sep 21, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $, Thrift store
I finally finished cleaning out my garage! I still have tubs of stuff to go through, but at least I now have space to create art. Last Saturday I brought 2 carloads of stuff to the local thrift store, Frisco Resale. Normally my routine is to drop off a load, then go...
Sep 7, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Save $ |
Insomnia. I don’t like it, but when I get it, I deal with it. Sometimes that means watching TV at 2:00 am. Infomercials. Are you really awake and seeing this or is this some crazy dream? Maybe I’m still asleep, becasue there’s no way that could...
Sep 5, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $
Although most of my ideas are pretty good and most of them work well, occasionally I implement one that doesn’t work. In my recent cooking efforts, I needed to steam some seafood. I have awesome Le Creuset cookware, and a steamer insert, but I don’t have...
Sep 1, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $
One of my favorite websites, and has been for many years, is toothpastefordinner.com. A collection of funny little cartoons that are way to close to reality. My subject today? Leftovers. For just about everyone, they either love them or hate them. After spending...
Aug 13, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $
You know, there’s just not a lot to blog on with the no shopping challenge. So how is it going? Really well. I guess I don’t like to shop too much. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my days of too much shopping in the past, purchases heavily...
Aug 12, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $
I guess you could call it shopping. I shopped around for renewable energy plans and solar energy systems over the past two weeks. Here’s what I found. My utility provider is Stream Energy. My one year contract was up last month, so I decided to shop around....
Aug 11, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Save $ |
I shopped at the Soriana while in Mexico, only for food and toiletries. It’s similar to a Kmart here in the states. They have the best bakery there, aisles and aisles of breads and pastries as far as the eye can see. I had fun messing with my kids since all...
Aug 5, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I usually don’t allow my kids to use vending machines or candy machines. 25¢ for a piece of gum? Let’s do the math. For 89¢ I can get a 10 pack of these same gum balls, which is still a lot in my mind. Anyway… I used a vending machine yesterday....
Aug 2, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $
I’m power cleaning my house and working all weekend, so not much time to even think about shopping… not that I would if I had time though. It takes a lot of motivation and energy to clean the house. Having less stuff does make it easier, as there’s...
Jul 27, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Salvaged, Save $ |
I’m always yapping to people about my blog and the challenge, but most people will not remember the website name or think about visiting it. I would like to eventually turn this into a resource of ideas, from easy to radical, on making life changes to become...
