May garden update: Seedlings!

Last week, I wrote about getting the garden plots ready with the right kind of soil.  We ended up choosing a mix of basic potting soil, compost and manure.  Nothing fancy, but it should get the job done.  The next step was the fun part – getting the plants in! Brian and I had already talked a bit...

May garden update part 1: Soil!

There’s so many things that I love about growing my own food.  It’s a great learning experience, a great way to get outside, and oh man… home grown tomatoes.  Enough said.  2012 was an AWESOME gardening year for me and Brian.  We had an epic balcony garden for the first time ever and we...

Frugal ideas for a housewarming party

Now that Brian and I have settled into the new condo, we’ve started having people over to show off the new house.  It’s a small condo, so we’re having small-ish batches of people over at a time.  So far, we’ve had Brian’s work colleagues and a group of my computer-y friends...

What causes hoarding?

While on Christmas vacation, I indulged in some of my more less-productive pursuits, including… watching TV. *gasp – shock – awe* One of the things I watched was A&E’s television show, Hoarders.  Basically, the show is a stylized documentary series which depicts the stories of...

My favourite Christmas memories

Thanks to Sicorra @Tackling Our Debt for organizing today’s blogging party post! You can check out the entries from all the participants back at Tackling Our Debt. As a child of immigrant parents, we did not celebrate Christmas as part of our ethnic culture.  However, my parents were always proud to...

Selling items effectively on Craigslist

Brian and I got rid of a lot of items prior to our move to the new condo.  One of the reasons was practical – we simply didn’t have the room in the new place to keep everything!  A lesser but equally important reason – we wanted to pare down on the number of items that we had.  But...