When I first started blogging I wish I knew..

When I first started blogging I wish I knew..

… that sometimes friends are very destructive.. I know that sounds pretty negative, but it’s true. I’m not going to foster the idea that everyone out there is out to crush your dreams or undermine your self confidence because most people aren’t, but sometimes the most well intentioned people can have issues of their own [...]

I hate moving things around

I hate moving things around

I really do. My husband is moving his studio back to our house, which means that the abandoned space I’d taken over for my sewing and fiber arts studio has to be returned to it’s original owner. Now I know what England felt like when they lost the lease on Hong Kong. Totes, dress forms, [...]

Home Assembly Opportunities

There are some legitimate home assembly opportunities. The problem is that even with the legitimate ones that there are fees to pay, skills to develop, postage and material costs and waiting times. Some of the webpages for these companies are a bit misleading as they often promise easy work that anyone can do at home, [...]

The Tightwad Gazette

I think Amy Dacyczyn takes frugality a bit too far in her 1992 book the Tightwad Gazette, but it is still a good resource for frugal ideas. Admittedly there are going to be a lot of things most people have already thought of, and a few things (like dumpster diving or reusing the elastic from [...]

The how and why of scheduling posts

The how and why of scheduling posts

In WordPress the how is the easy part. When adding a new post look in the right upper hand corner of the screen. That’s it. Once you’ve written your post and selected “Schedule” it will publish on your blog at the time you defined. The why part is a bit more involved. If you have [...]

Refritos recipe

Refritos (well cooked beans) is one of those essential sides that makes life so much easier. The ingredients are cheap and nutritious. Refritos freeze well, and defrost nicely in the microwave so it just makes sense to make an extra large batch every so often to portion up and freeze for several meals. When I’m [...]

Who's on your team?

Who’s on your team?

Social networking can be lonely stuff. After all, I sit in my little home office drinking coffee and trying to explain in detail to people why they should pay attention to me using 140 characters or less. And I try to do this in less time than it takes me to actually write the article [...]

Who’s got time for a get less poor slowly scheme?

People who start working from home do it because they need money right now. It’s a sad fact that get rich quick schemes more often than not prey on those who are in the most desperate circumstances. Working online at home is always going to suck in the beginning because it takes a while to [...]

get a life without getting a job

Or get a life without getting another job. People have this concept that being self employed requires one to be officially dedicated to a single pursuit. If you are a full time parent, a part time writer, and occasionally an artist, designer, seamstress, knitter, and dog walker people start spouting off about how you lack [...]

Getting your blog on

Getting your blog on

This is probably the hardest part of the process; deciding how specific or broad, how personal or professional, and exactly how detailed your posts should be can be a much more difficult process than just writing the posts. Actual writing skills can be helpful, but absolutely perfect written English is not a requirement. There are [...]