I participated in a roundtable discussion with several other Aldi bloggers over at Aldi Reviewer this week. Come read our thoughts about the hottest Aldi products, Aldi’s ongoing store remodeling projects, and what we hope and expect for the future with the discount grocery store. You can read the post …
One of my recent pieces over at A Well Advised Life is full of advice for taking kids to The Muny, a large amphitheater in St. Louis that produces several Broadway-quality musicals every summer. My kids and I just wrapped up our fifth year attending summer shows at The Muny, …
I enjoy walking outside, but I sometimes deal with harassment and catcalling from unfamiliar men while I’m walking. It’s always a jarring experience, and this past fall, I got tired of dealing with it and decided to move my exercise routine indoors. You can read more about the challenges many …
Several years ago, someone hit my husband’s car in a parking lot, and his car was damaged enough that he was unable to drive it for about eight weeks. Various factors delayed us in getting the car back on the road, including a lost police report, a disagreement between insurance …
One of my most recent pieces at A Well Advised Life is about how my husband and I turned a $2,000 bill into a $200 bill. We thought we were in big trouble when sewage started oozing out of the drain in our basement and a plumber confirmed that part …
Several years ago, I set out to learn how to make my own compost for my garden. It reduces waste going into landfills and provides me with a natural, chemical-free fertilizer for my yard. Read how to make your own compost at this link.
My latest blog post at A Well Advised Life details some of the challenges I’ve faced recently while I walk for exercise in my neighborhood. Specifically, I talk about street harassment and catcalling. My neighborhood is considered to be safe, but even here these are still issues I deal with, …
I’ve got a brief post up at A Well Advised Life about all the reasons why I drink a cup of tea every morning. It’s a habit that I love, and it costs very little and helps me keep my sanity. You can read the post at this link.
My most recent piece at A Well Advised Life is a personal story about an experience I had as a teenager. After many discussions with my husband and a lot of encouragement from him, I decided it was time to share about what happened in order to promote awareness, to …
My latest post at A Well Advised Life is all about how to make freezer jam. It’s simple and requires no special canning equipment, and you really can’t mess up freezer jam. My family likes my strawberry freezer jam so much that I almost never purchase jam or jelly at …
