My brilliant sister, Laura, is helping with my writer’s block and pitching in this link up for the Gypsy Mama’s Five Minute Friday. . . Delight This instantly made me think of the new Hershey’s product, Hershey’s Delights. The first time I saw this product, my reaction was – What? Really? Now they are adding…Continue reading Delight- Five Minute Friday
Category: Nutty
Funny Family Stories
The Laziest Blogger Ever
Sometimes, I am the laziest blogger ever. I cannot be inspired to blog about anything. When that happens, I dig through my archives for another post about when I was the laziest blogger ever. And then I repost that . . . . Here’s one from last February. *************************************************** Once upon a time, there was…Continue reading The Laziest Blogger Ever
10 Tricks to a Poorganic Life
THROWBACK to the very beginning folks! Since a few of you are new to The Poorganic Life, I’m re-running this edited version of one of my VERY first posts from May 2010, in which I explained just a few ways that we maintain our Poorganic life. Some of the personal details might be slightly out…Continue reading 10 Tricks to a Poorganic Life
Poor Kids Don’t Eat Real Food
Since many of us are in the process of purging our 2012 pantries of all those terrible, no-good, very bad substances like hydrogenation and high-fructose corn syrup, I’ve heard one question repeated on Facebook and the blogosphere. “What do I do with all this unhealthy stuff I’m getting rid of? Should I just go ahead…Continue reading Poor Kids Don’t Eat Real Food
Caught You Blue-Handed
Anika (rhymes with Monica) is now such a big girl that we’ve gotten rid of her crib and gotten her a “big girl bed.” Despite her physical maturity, however, she is still annoyingly babyish and refuses to actually sleep in aforementioned “big girl bed.” Every bedtime or nap, she climbs out, lays on the floor…Continue reading Caught You Blue-Handed
A Quick One
Standing in the kitchen cleaning up the other night, the ProvidinaTOR says to me, “So it’s almost the anniversary.” He looks at me with one eyebrow raised. I smile, thinking to myself, “Wow, that’s pretty amazing that he thought of it in advance.” We met in 2000 at a Christmas cantata where I was singing…Continue reading A Quick One
An Easy Decision
I have to be honest. I hate shopping. So the impending onset of the Christmas season has been known to turn me into a bit of a Scrooge. The problem is that I am HORRIBLY indecisive. So when you add in traffic, crowds, bags, piles of unfolded clothes, and ME . . . well, it…Continue reading An Easy Decision
Relevant Yet?
I got home from my blogging conference, Relevant, on Sunday afternoon, but I have been delayed in reporting the gagillion things I learned by the following: Sunday–My kids and husband were so cute and wonderful I just had to kiss their faces and bask in being home. Also, we had some serious pumpkin carving to…Continue reading Relevant Yet?
The Low Ryder Hates Change
If you are getting this by e-mail or feed reader, you should click over to the website to see that things are a little funky in what used to be the land of The Low Ryder. “WAIT!!” You think. “What did she do?!” You say. “Where’s the LOW RYDER?” You shriek! Or maybe you aren’t…Continue reading The Low Ryder Hates Change
Dear Magic Eraser
Dear Magic Eraser, I am long overdue in writing to tell you how much I love you and how much you have changed my life. When I think back to the wasted years of cleaning with inferior products, I could practically cry with relief that those days are over. I spent hours and effort, scrubbing,…Continue reading Dear Magic Eraser