Entries from December 2008

December 17, 2008

Downsizing

We’re on week two of our experiment with downsizing.  We traded our 1,010 sq. ft. two-bedroom apartment for a 747 sq. ft.  one-bedroom.   Seth’s new “room” is the large walk-in closet from which we removed the door and managed to fit his bed into (just barely, it’s a convertible twin bed of which the the [...]

December 15, 2008

Baby steps to the frugal, debt free life

Inspired by a friend who blogged about creating a nutrient dense diet, I decided to list the baby steps that dug us out of the crazy debt hole that we had buried ourselves in.  When faced with the amount of debt and the prospect of having to give up much of one’s way of life, [...]