Archives


Sponsors






Grocery Delivery Services

This week, I decided to try out Peapod, a grocery delivery service. I received a coupon in the mail offering me $20 off the service if I placed an order of $50 or more. Even with the delivery fee, that was still a pretty decent coupon, so I thought I’d try it out.

Using [...]

A Look at the USDA Food Plan

A few weeks ago, I started looking at the USDA Food Plans: Cost of Food at Home at Four Levels.  Though I do have a roommate, it’s rare that we eat together and the only thing we really share is coffee, so I’ve been looking at the plan for the single female, 19-50 years.  I [...]

How to cheat the food bank

Did you really think that I was going to write about how to cheat your way into getting more food from the food bank?  Shame on you.  I have to admit, I only used that title to see how many search engine hits I get for people looking to get a little more than they [...]

I am a lazy chef

I am not a bad cook, though I don’t think I will ever qualify as a chef.  I am definitely a lazy cook, however.  There are days when the idea of making a well-prepared meal is very appealing, but those days are few and far between.  I like meals that are simple, healthy, and don’t [...]

Excellent customer service!

I’m a huge fan of Amazon.com, as I think readers of this site already know.  My primary credit card is an Amazon.com rewards card because at this point, you can buy just about anything at Amazon.com.

Over the past two weeks, I have had two reasons to contact Amazon.com’s customer service and I could not be [...]