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Does Massachusetts ever see the sun?

Posted in $60/Week, Adventures of the Cash Poor and Time Rich, CSA, Eating, Food, Raves, Visiting, budget, tagged $60/Week, budget, CSA, Food, Jamaica, Ocho Rios, Sun, Vacation, Wedding, World Peas on Thursday, July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Jamaica was lovely and, more importantly, sunny! Gist and I had a great time sitting by the pool and on the beach, drinking all sorts of fruity beverages, playing with charming children, and celebrating Kristin and Mike’s wedding. It was the perfect getaway!

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Guess what’s in season right now…

Posted in $60/Week, Adventures of the Cash Poor and Time Rich, Eating, Food, Lowell, Lowell MA, Miscellanea, Recipe, Vegetarian, Visiting, budget, tagged $60/Week, budget, Cooking, Cooking Light, Cooking Yum!, Deborah Madison, Eating, eating on a budget, Food, Local Food, Lowell, Lowell MA, New York Times, Recipe, Rhubarb, Vegetarian on Friday, May 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »

One of my absolute favorite vegetables…

Rhubarb! And I’ve definitely been on a kick – the latter part of May 2009 will forever be known as Rhubarb-palooza.

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A whole lotta grocery lists…

Posted in $60/Week, Adventures of the Cash Poor and Time Rich, Eating, Food, Lowell, Lowell MA, Miscellanea, Raves, Visiting, budget on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

…interspersed with some pictures so it isn’t a total snooze-fest over here…

Hannaford, May 18th 2009

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Hitting the reset button…

Posted in $60/Week, Adventures of the Cash Poor and Time Rich, Eating, Food, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetarian, Visiting, budget, tagged $60/Week, budget, Cooking, Cooking Yum!, Dave Liberman, Didi Emmons, Eating, eating on a budget, Food, Food Network, Lowell, Lowell MA, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Planet on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last week was a budget buster! I managed to keep the grocery bill under $60 but the only way I was able to do so was because we ate out on Monday, got pizza on Wednesday, ate out on Saturday, and went out to brunch on Sunday morning (and I enjoyed every second of [...]

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Happy Weekend!

Posted in Lowell, Lowell MA, Miscellanea, Visiting on Saturday, April 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Guess what’s back in my life after a long winter away? My bike, and I couldn’t be happier! Today will mark my first ride of the season – I had a bit of a hard time sleeping lats night, I was so excited (yes, the seven year old in me still lives!). I think [...]

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I can’t believe that last week at this time…

Posted in Knitting, Raves, Rhinebeck, Visiting, tagged Knitting, New York Sheep & Wool, Ravelry, Rhinebeck, Yarn on Saturday, October 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

…I was getting ready to go to the first day of RHINEBECK! This week, though short, has been awfully long.
My motto this year – go big or go home. See, I went to Rhinebeck after having been on a yarn diet since SPA in February. I have a big stash and I’m a slow knitter [...]

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Squee!

Posted in Knitting, Rhinebeck, Visiting on Thursday, October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m so excited! Why? Because tomorrow at this time I’ll be in the gorgeous Hudson River Valley for RHINEBECK!

It was so much fun last year! Katy, Yovani and I are heading out tomorrow at 3ish for a fun-filled weekend full of yarn, animals, fried pickles, Ravelry parties, maple! cotton! candy!, fleece, more yarn… I can’t [...]

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In fourteen hundred ninety-two…

Posted in Visiting on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m going to begin this post with a conversation I had last night with my brother, Eddy. *Warning* Eddy has the foulest potty-mouth ever and he was calling me from San Francisco (not his favorite city).
My mobile rings. “This is Barack Obama, it’s time to change America. Answer the call!” That’s my ringtone and I [...]

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