Miser Mom

So, what's up with my son? J-son has had a turbulent semester, so bumpy that it's hard even to summarize.  Here are two snap shot...

One of my comforts of this past several months has been my "Plan B" list. When we found out the sad (and scary) news that my f...

This has been a challenging fall in the Miser Mom household. There's more to the challenge than just the week we call "The Horri...

Right now, in the middle of August but headed into September, action verbs abound. Canning .  Dozens of jars of tomatoes burbled their wa...

I wrote recently about how I'm drastically paring down my jewelry collection -- by "drastically" I mean I'm getting rid o...

I've been a Big Earring Person almost from the day I got my ears pierce d at age 8. Big. Flashy. Wild. Earrings. The kind of ear...

I'm leery of kids' activities.  Let me start there. Lately, I've been swimming a lot, and I see very out-of-shape parents sit...