Month: April 2026

In case you’re new here: since I only share dinner meals in my Friday “What I Spent, What We Ate” posts, I share occasional roundups of some breakfast and lunch meals. Today is one of those days! Breakfasts Carrot oats, cottage cheese, and an orange: I’ve also been making overnight oats for work breakfasts, but […]

1. I put in for a half hour of paid time Brittany and I met up outside of work to finish up our evidence-based practice presentation, and the coordinator of our residency program had told us we were allowed to put in a clocking for a half hour of outside-of-class time. So, that’s what I […]

I’m just gonna do a questions-from-the-comments roundup every now and again so I can stay reasonably caught up with answering questions. 😉 Green smoothies and fish (NOT combined) After I shared this smoothie photo, reader Liesl messaged and said: That green smoothie looks good! I’d love if you can share 1. How you make your […]

I did sort of continue my breakfast-for-dinner-after-work streak. I mean, I had relatively substantial lunches: But after work, speed is the name of the game. The main mission: get to bed on time. What I Spent I spent: $10 at Giant $30 on a Hungry Harvest box $46 at Safeway So, for this week, I’m […]

This week, I am thankful: that I didn’t feel wrecked after my shifts A lot of times, I feel kind of wiped out for 24 hours after I clock out from a string of three shifts. But I worked five 12-hour shifts in six days, and oddly, I felt great on my first day off, […]

This is gonna be terribly off-topic for a frugal blog, so, you know, proceed as you wish. 😉 I am not the world’s biggest fan of AI. I know there are amazing ways that it is being used; for instance, I heard a Freakonomics podcast about how researchers are using it to sort through mounds […]

I rarely do my daily necessity shopping online, but I did twice this week! I had a single day off in the midst of five shifts, so efficiency was the name of the game. 😉 1. I got two bottles of Maui Moisture for $1.66 I know! I just bought some last week. But then […]

A reader left a comment the other day, asking how I fry my eggs. I don’t think my method is anything particularly special, but I’m happy to oblige. The pan You can use a nonstick pan, of course, but my method lately has been to use my stainless steel skillet. I heat it up until […]

I realized that three of my dinners this week were actually breakfast. What can I say? We do what we gotta do when time is short. What I Spent kale salad in progress I spent: $47 at Aldi $0 at Safeway (I had to include that. Ha.) So, for this week, I’m clocking in at […]

This week, I am thankful: that I do not have to take Writing 101 When I graduated from high school, my SAT scores got me straight into an honors English college class, which covered English 1 and English 2 (Words have always been my thing. Numbers, not so much.) Because of the two-fer nature of […]