If you’ve ever stood in the supermarket wondering if paying more for chicken that is free-range, antibiotic-free, no hormones added,

With all of the miles I’ve put on my Shark vacs over the years, I’ve never had one fail. And

Just the other night I suffered a kitchen disaster. I hate when that happens. I ruined an entire pot of

There’s an illness that has been documented by poets for centuries and I’ve got it. It’s spring fever, that wonderfully

Perhaps this has happened to you: You’ve lived with carpeting, then for one reason or another you live with hardwood

A popular restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif., Hugo’s, has been critically acclaimed for one of its menu items, Pasta Mama.

I’ve always thought that a car should come outfitted with some kind of incinerator that sucks the accumulation of trash

Honestly? When I first heard about ordering prescription eyeglasses online, I scoffed. I rolled my eyes. What next? Mail order surgery?

Graduating from college is one of life’s most thrilling events. And the decisions and choices graduates make in the first

Recently, I dropped off several out-of-prescription eyeglasses at a Walmart Vision Center, just one of many collection centers around the country

Last week, as a grateful family and community welcomed home 8-year-old Leia Carrico, and her 5-year-old sister Caroline, who’d been

If you’ve been hanging with me for any length of time, you know I’m pretty wild about making Gifts in

I remember my grandmother saying, “If we didn’t need food, we’d all be rich!” This may be true, but then

I could teach you how to be an extreme couponer. I’ve had a lot of experience including the time I

Living below your means requires a good bit of creativity from time to time. You have to get pretty clever

There’s nothing like a series of sunny days in late winter to wake up my inner gardener. Apparently, I’m not

Do I have a story to tell you—another lesson I’ve learned the hard way so you won’t have to. Truth

Several readers have asked recently about the best inexpensive headphones and earbuds both for themselves and their kiddos. Today seems

How shocked was I to read it in a popular women’s magazine? Speechless, but somehow I gathered enough strength to

I am not one to spend coins. I prefer to save my pocket change. In fact, I go out of

Our kids are fortunate to be growing up in the most progressive and exciting time in history. Sadly, the very culture that

In the wake of America’s big economic wake-up call back in 2008, dollar stores and thrift stores saw, and continue

I wish I had a dollar for every stupid purchase I’ve made in my life. I’d have quite a stash!

Even the mention of words like frugality and thrift send some people over the edge because, for them, those words

What I love more than great tips and brilliant ideas from my readers are the lovely words of love and

It was a weird request. My friend Mary Ann asked if she could borrow some pickle juice. Huh? Who keeps

Cream. It’s coffee’s perfect mate. And when that creamer comes flavored in a handy bottle from the dairy case, even more perfect, right? Oh,

Over the years, I’ve had many wonderful opportunities to address audiences large and small, at all kinds of event from

I may be the only person in the world for whom this happens, but I doubt it. On a whim,

If you have hard flooring, carpet or flat surfaces in your home, which just about covers every possibility—there are three

As you know, and only because I do mention it from time to time, I get a lot of email.