TechnoEarthMama

My kids have plenty of stuff.  We could stand to get rid of a good portion of the stuff, in fact.  But what did I just buy for them?  Yep.  More stuff.
Why didn’t I make a better choice?  It’s about the money.  I’d rather give them something like good arts and crafts supplies or dance [...]

When I had my first child, I decided right away that I wanted to use cloth diapers.  My mom had used cloth diapers, as had some of the mothers I babysat for as a teenager, so I didn’t see that as strange.  I knew it would save us money, that it would create less garbage, [...]

Food is one thing that everyone needs. And as the recession (currently one year old) has gone on, food prices have gone up, and people’s resources for buying food have dwindled.
How will food work in the economy of the future? As it’s a basic need, we should be making sure everyone has enough [...]

I did not shop today.  Well, I did have my husband stop for some milk; I figure that doesn’t count.  Will I be shopping tomorrow?  Nope.  Not unless it’s for a necessity.  Cyber Monday?  No again.
Am I totally un-American?  Do I want the economy to fall even further down the hole?
No.  What I’m looking for [...]

Today, I just escaped putting on rain gear.  Both morning and evening, it was just barely sprinkling — the kind of weather in which no Portlander would be caught dead with an open umbrella!  I rode my entire route thinking “don’t rain, don’t rain” and managed to make it both times.
It’s nearly dark at 5:00 [...]