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Updates: October 7-13

Brian / October 13th, 2012 / 11 Comments

Ok, I promise this will be the last update for awhile where I mention the garden. I’m sure you’re all sick of hearing about it! This morning, we braved the rain (Vancouver has finally decided to start being Vancouver again) and harvested the remainder of our crop. CF has a full year end garden summary coming this week, but as you can see from the picture, we had a pretty good crop for just...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: blogging tips, community garden, garden harvest, Greyhound Canada, Hyundai warranty, recession motivation

Updates: September 2-8

CF / September 8th, 2012 / 13 Comments

It’s been a busy, busy week here in Vancouver. Brian has actually been away (returning today!) and I have been juggling all the blog stuff. So if you haven’t seen your comment approved or you haven’t been acknowledged on the mayhem that is Twitter, you can blame it on me… in turn, I shall blame it on Brian for abandoning me this past week. 😉 Indeed, even the cat decided...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: community garden, consumerism, cycling in Vancouver, entrepreneur, income, Lower rate mortgage, Mortgage, peak happiness, refinancing a condo

Contest: ID this plant!

CF / August 24th, 2012 / 16 Comments

This contest is now closed – thanks for entering! Congratulations to Ying for correctly guessing “Collard Greens” via Twitter! Here’s another Friday quickie for you guys: Help us ID this plant! We have a community garden plot which occasionally gets seedling donations. We received this mysterious plant recently in an unlabelled pot! I have a pretty good idea of what it is,...

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Updates: July 1-7

Brian / July 7th, 2012 / 9 Comments

Last night we had the chance to meet up with a couple of local bloggers. Thanks to Jeremy at Modest Money for organizing the whole thing and to Jessica (Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses) and Daisy (Add Vodka) for showing up (despite being allergic to meeting bloggers!). It was very motivating to meet some pretty successful bloggers and pick up some tips. I think I should mention guest posting more...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: $100 grocery budget, community garden, food swapping, free blog photos, Vancouver PF blogger meetup