I’m sorry that there is still no gardening video. The boyfriend went to bed right after dinner last night. Hopefully he’s feeling a little better today and will be able to put up the video after work. The sun is actually coming out today. It looks like we’ll have 2 days of good weather and then a weekend of thunderstorms and rain. Sigh. It’s the middle of the week, so it’s freebies time. As a bonus I’m including some coupons and great free MP3 music for you to try this week. Let me know of any other freebies or coupons I’ve missed. Samples & Freebies   read more

I know this weeks gardening video isn’t up yet–I’m sorry for that. The boyfriend has gotten sick (and I think I’m coming down with it too now), so when he got home from work last night, it was a “lay on the couch and watch TV” kind of night. Tonight I’ll remind him about the video, and hopefully we’ll get it up. Since I’m starting to feel under the weather (and the weather outside is pretty dreary too), I just have one short post for you today. This is a nice deal. I’m always boasting about how a good way to save money is look for cheap   read more

This update will be pretty short this week. We had a busy weekend, and we on a film set from 5-11PM last night, so we didn’t have time to upload the video to Youtube yet. I don’t know how to use the boyfriend’s new camera, so hopefully he’ll put it up tonight. We have filmed it though, it just needs to be converted and uploaded. Also, my digital camera is on it’s way back to Samsung for repair so I have to use my old digital camera for pictures. (The LCD screen on it is broken, so I can’t see the pictures when I take them. I apologize for any crappy photos   read more

It’s Friday and the weekend is almost here. Have any fun plans for this weekend? No? Well, you’re in the right place, because I’m about to suggest a ton of fun and thrifty things for you to do this weekend. One of the things the boyfriend and I enjoy doing the most is just going out and exploring the city of Chicago. We liked going to places we’ve never been before and finding awesome places in the nooks and crannies of the city. The best part is, we have a lot of fun in the process. What’s even better? Exploring is really cheap–a lot of times it’s even   read more

It’s kind of gloomy out today. It rained this morning and is supposed to rain latter tonight. The nice thing is the weather is in the 70s and should stay that way, so I will save money not running the AC for the rest of the week. What is it about rain that makes me so lazy? It’s a total mood dropper too. I just want to curl up in bed and sleep, but that’s not very productive. Let’s bring up the mood with some freebies and samples and then jam out to some free music. Free Samples Cottonelle Ultra Toilet Paper Purina One Smartblend Moist Sure Hand Gel Three Dog Bakery Dog   read more

This has been a somewhat eventful week concerning our container vegetables. We finally finished transplanting– all of our pots are full and as long as they all survive the transplant, there will be no more transplanting this season! We still have some seedlings left, so if something dies off, we could potentially transplant something else into the pot. Fingers crossed that all the plants lived. Another thing we did this week was thin out the extra seedlings, just so each pot has the correct amount of plants for it’s size. The pink window box is another story, though we thinned out the   read more

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I hope everyone (no matter what country you’re from) takes a moment today to think of the soldiers who have died fighting for your rights and freedoms. This is just a quick, fun post for today, since I hope most people are out and about enjoying their 3-day weekend (plus I have a ton of things to do today). The weekly vegetable gardening post will be posted tomorrow. The video is already up on our youtube channel if you can’t wait. To celebrate the warm weather and the official beginning of Beach season, we had a beach day yesterday. Since we live so close   read more

The weekend is almost here, and it’s one of those awesome 3-day ones. I have a ton of fun things planned, and I hope all of my readers enjoy this great weekend as well. To kick it off right, let’s enjoy some freebies, shall we? Now before I get into the list, I just want to note that this site had server problems the last 2 days, so periodically (and it seemed for the majority of the day) it just would not load. I was endlessly frustrated by this and I apologize to anyone who had trouble access the site. We hope to move to a better server on Monday to end these issues permanently. I   read more

As I’ve mentioned before, I live in Chicago, which currently has the honor of having the highest sales tax rate in the United States, at 10.25%. Let me tell you what a pain that is. While the rate is only 2% for things like food, drugs, and medicine, buying other items like toothpaste, clothing, or even pet food gets us that fabulous 10.25% tax rate. Most of the time, you just have to eat it and move on, but when it comes to big ticket items, like expensive electronics, the tax can be significant. Luckily, there is a loophole to get around that. Many online purchases are not subject to sales   read more

Summer hit yesterday with full force (it was 89F out when I took these pictures) and the plants are officially living outdoors full time. Last week I was pretty excited about that possibility since I was sick of lugging the pots in and out each day. Hopefully they’ll survive the heat (it’s about 20 degrees warmer than it has been for the past few weeks). I make sure to check the plants regularly and water them when the soil is dry. I also plan to start fertilizing them this week. Week 6 of our container gardening adventure has been exciting. Our beans started flowering on Tuesday   read more