Frugal home lifestyle
Extreme Frugality: Making Allowances
Family gardening is a sure route to bounteous rewards: frugal living for the grown-ups, thanks to the copious fresh fruits and vegetables that will soon sprout; and wages for the young ones to ensure they join in the fun (uh, work is what we meant). Read on in Gourmet Magazine.
"When can we stop frugal living?" Angus asked Lisa and me a few days ago. He followed the statement with a sigh so drawn out that it appeared to wilt a vase of daffodils. "I'm really tired of it." There was a time when even these defiant words would have sent us into a crazed all-family jig. Angus didn't speak until he was almost five, and was labeled by many to be, well, backward. In fact, we would have bribed him to say almost anything back then, even "Shut up, stupid!"--a current favorite learned from his sisters...?
