Christmas Presents I’m Most Excited About

Here’s what I’m excited to see the kids open in a week: I got Zuzu this Penelope Peapod doll, and I have to say it’s adorable. I have been on the fence about getting her a doll; she’s pretty into trucks and things, but she does love to cuddle...

Clutter Update

After my Goodwill haul on Monday, I did a thorough combing of the baby bins and took two huge bags of boy clothes to the 16-month-old across the street, and another big bag of clothes that would be too small for him went to Goodwill. I added a bit more to the bag of...

Ridiculously Large Appliance, but I love it

Freecycle has turned out to be a great place to get people’s cast-off kitchen appliances. I got our waffle iron from there (and we do make waffles frequently enough to justify it). I got Stacey’s rejected slow cooker (I haven’t yet decided if...

Awesome Side-of-the-Road Find

Hurrah! By some miracle of the Junk Gods, I pretty much found exactly what I’ve been looking for, for free, on the side of the road. We were on our way back from getting some Freecycled kale (kale! who knew people Freecycled kale? apparently there is such a...