OK, this is the very last post in the series about “Cleaning Up Your Financial House”. Thanks to traveling, sickness, and wonky food trials, this has taken me much longer to finish than I had planned. Thanks for sticking with me! By this point, if you’ve followed the advice I’ve … Continue reading
FPIES and other allergy stories have interfered lately, but Frugal Fridays are back! (At least for this week, at any rate.) When we left off of this series, we had a basic plan to pay off our debt and two looming questions: What if we have less money than bills? and … Continue reading
Browsing on Pinterest this week (a great activity to do while nursing, in case you didn’t know) I saw a “savings goal for 2014” thing that looked intriguing. Instantly I thought “now this is a great Frugal Friday tip!” For some reason, though, when I sat down to write about … Continue reading
This is the third post of my series on “Traveling on a TED” – or, Total Elimination Diet. You can find the previous posts here and here. __________ Once you’ve figured out what you can eat and gathered all your food, then you have to decide how you’re going to cook it … Continue reading
This is the second post of my series on “Traveling on a TED” – or, Total Elimination Diet. You can find the first post here. __________ So to prepare all this food to go to work I had to do a lot of cooking, and I had my Excalibur running almost 24/7 … Continue reading
Some people might be curious how I stay on my Total Elimination Diet while traveling non-stop for days on end. It’s a good question, and the answer is: lots of planning, preparation, and cool gizmos. I started to write this as a single post, but it was just too involved … Continue reading
This is the last post in my Be Prepared for Winter (With Food Allergies) series. Thanks for reading! Where I live is very remote. Many spots in our area have no cell phone coverage and houses are few and far between. If I were to wreck or break down in … Continue reading
Based on the evidence so far, I’d venture a wager that I will see LOTS of bumps, scrapes, sprains, bruises, and other assorted boo-boo’s over the coming years. Mr. Charm’s other nickname is “Captain Destruction: The Kamikaze Kid”, after all! I’d also be willing to bet that he’s not alone … Continue reading
So you’ve lost power, but have plenty of food on hand. Now what? If you’re leaving your house, you should already have a handy-dandy list of what to pack in the event you need to leave (see Part I), so pack up your food, utensils, formula, bottles, and all the … Continue reading
So you’ve lost power. You’ve decided whether you’re jumping ship or staying put. Either way, you have to feed your food allergic kiddo! Each of us has our own food specifics that we deal with, so I can’t make blanket recommendations like “stock up on canned soup” or “always keep … Continue reading
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