Here are some of my favorite ways to celebrate Mother’s Day (including your Mother Earth)for local dads and their kids… Are you buying something?Fresh flowers from the farmer’s marketHand-made craft from the market or the Artisansor Innisfree Shop on the downtown mall Yummy local cheese from FeastHand-made chocolate from GearhardtsA gift certificate for your other […]

Month five of the no-buying pledge and going strong! As you may know from previous blogs, the no-new-non-essential purchases has been successful. I believe it’s been one bionicle (see January’s blog about re-gifting), one dishwasher (totally energy/water saver), and the fishing pole replacement (broke my husband’s favorite one in the car door). No new shoes […]

I wanted to share with you a great idea from a faithful Betty reader, Adrienne. “I just wanted to write because I just had to reorder checks because of an address change. While I normally try to conduct these transactions online, I’ve found that it’s still necessary for me to carry a checkbook around. While […]

It’s that time of year for parents with school age children to contemplate the question: what are we going to do with the kids during the summer months to stave off mid-summer boredom (and parental insanity)? My fondest memories as a child are filled with the sensations of summer camp in California – I can […]