Frugality for the Holiday Win

Through the years, I have embraced my inner frugality, frequently to the astonishment of my friends and family. I’ve had a series of interesting adventures as I have tried to make the most out of [...]

Do you remember the scene form the movie, “The Princess Bride,” during which the bad guys are comparing their to-do lists and conclude that they are both swamped as they stand outside of the Pit [...]

My dad used to have a saying, “What flows through ya, sticks to ya.” What it lacks in eloquence and grammatical structure, it more than makes up for in its common-sense wisdom. At no other time [...]

As many men grow out their facial hair for No Shave November, many women are counting the days until December 1st, so that they won’t be stifled in those unruly tufts of facial hair when [...]

In my family, it is widely known that my husband is a bit of a bibliophile. His book collection is massive and takes up nearly 10 shelves. I’d like to do a reverse “Beauty and the Beast” someday [...]

I grew up eating the best chili this side of the Rio Grande. That should be the title of a Country-Western song, don’t you think? Anyway, when I met my husband in college, he quickly learned that [...]

When I was a kid, we played games as we travelled by car to pass the time. When we were younger, we’d search for the letters in the alphabet in order and “call them out” when we found them. As we [...]

We love to help our customers at Security Self Storage in Napa, CA determine the appropriate ways to store their belongings so that they are in great shape until the time that you take them out [...]

One of our regular customers has kept her unit full of various Amazon finds, waiting for holidays, birthdays, and then she zips over and grabs the gift that she’s stored. This year, she really [...]

As the days of back-to-school march ever nearer, many families are sending their freshmen off to the universities and trying to find the best deals for this expensive time of life. As part of my [...]