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Getting Ready for Santa . . .

December 25, 2009

In the last two days we got ready for Christmas and Santa’s appearance. We started with the little Christmas party they had at Landon’s preschool. Yummy, cupcakes for breakfast! After nothing but sugary treats, those 10 kids went bananas! Landon got to dance and play a little bit and then we left, because he usually [...]

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Not Me! Monday — Dagmar’s Frugalitis

December 21, 2009

Attention, this Not Me! Monday post also serves as one of my frugal posts. I did not go to CVS to return some supplements, only to buy the same ones back — to save $16.44! No, not me! This is what happened — frugal folks, take note: A week ago, I bought two bottles of [...]

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Our Fake Christmas Tree 2009

December 20, 2009

As always, I was going to buy a real Christmas tree this year, but I ended up with a fake one. Why? Because frugal me saw the price on the kind of tree I wanted — medium height, thick branches, preferably in a pot so I don’t have to buy a stand and can plant [...]

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14 Ways to Save Money and Be Green

November 14, 2009

It’s time for another frugal entry. Here are just a few money-saving tricks I use, and some of them not only save you green, they also let you BE green: 1. We just moved, and I didn’t pay a cent for moving boxes (and we needed a lot of them). I asked for free ones [...]

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Not-So-Frugal Sunday: The Grange Fair

September 14, 2009

We killed a couple of hours today at the Grange Fair in Yorktown. We went for the first time last year and had so much fun with Landon that I wanted to go again this year. Unfortunately, as you may know, these fairs are ridiculously expensive. It cost us $12 to park, $30 in tickets [...]

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Are Mothers Who Choose Not to Breastfeed Selfish?

August 3, 2009

While pregnant or even before, every woman inevitably thinks about the topic of breastfeeding. Will I breastfeed my baby? For how long? I think most women have the best intentions and try to breastfeed and then stop after different periods of time – they might breastfeed a week, they make it through the rough first [...]

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Channeling The Pioneer Woman

July 21, 2009

Ree: “I’m the wife of a rugged cowboy. I’m the mother of four spirited children. I have horse poop on my porch. I’m Ree Drummond, also known as The Pioneer Woman.” Me: “I’m the wife of a rugged carpenter. I’m the mother of one spirited child, whose poop sometimes misses the toilet. I’m Dagmar Bleasdale, [...]

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How to Save a Lot of Money at the Supermarket

July 18, 2009

I haven’t written about my frugal ways in a while, so here we go — I wanted to share how I saved 30 percent off my supermarket grocery bill! Don’s sister Lisa invited us to attend Much Ado About Nothing at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival at Boscobel, and I went to A&P to pick [...]

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Traveling With a Toddler — Day 4: Bremen, Music, and a Toad

July 8, 2009

Recounting the fourth day of our Germany trip. Please bear with me here, I have so many great pictures of this day. I hope you enjoy them! After eating a nice, cheap breakfast (Brötchen, Eier, Käse, and Marmelade) at a local supermarket restaurant with Nani and Opa (I inherited being frugal from my dad!)…  …Landon and Nani and I [...]

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Do I Want Another Child?

May 3, 2009

Today, I found myself pondering again what I have thought about a few times since Landon was born: do I want another child? Landon was only months old when family members and friends started to ask about the second child, and a lot of my mom friends seem to be having the second child now [...]

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Health Benefits for Mothers Who Breastfeed

April 22, 2009

I am breastfeeding a 2 ½-year-old toddler, and I have no problem doing it in public. In fact, I am so proud and glad that I am still breastfeeding that I have a breastfeeding counter on the bottom of my blog page! You would expect strangers to give me looks, but I actually have to [...]

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Thoughts About My Blog and Entrecard.com

April 12, 2009

If you found me via Entrecard, welcome! I hope you enjoy my entries and will visit often. Subscribe to my blog for frequent updates!   I am not blogging just for family and friends; I want this blog to become a valued resource for mothers (and dads) with well-written articles. Sometimes I write about my [...]

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How to Save Money on a Saturday — Coupons and Church Sales

March 29, 2009

Today was a great day, and even better — a frugal day. We got up after 9 a.m. (somehow Landon seems to know that it’s the weekend, during the week he gets up around 7:30 a.m. I needed that sleep, I had been up until 2 a.m. again blogging!) and ate a healthy breakfast. I made [...]

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My Stimulus Plan — Being Grateful

March 24, 2009

What makes you feel grateful for everything you have in your life? For me it is hearing the wind howl in the trees outside. I’ll explain . . . Last night, I crawled into bed at 1 a.m. after finishing an editing project, and as I sighed and got all cozy and warm next to [...]

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How to Cure Pinkeye and Other Random Thoughts

March 23, 2009

Just a few random thoughts: — I finally finished proofreading the Social Welfare Policy textbook, yay! Now I can breath again! It’s been a loooong week, many nights after 1 a.m. But I made some okay money and am so much smarter when it comes to social welfare issues :) — Do other 2-years-5-month-old boys [...]

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Sane Fitness QuickStart Card Deck Review and Giveaway!

March 22, 2009

Sane Fitness QuickStart card deck gets busy moms in shape in no time!

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