: About Me

I am:

A writer, a photographer, vaguely intelligent, somewhat attention-challenged, very intense, loving cat-mommy to two black fuzzbutts, living in Holland, and a Mac addict.

I like writing about:

Food, science, nutrition, medicine, pets, my cats, the writing process, news, politics

See http://onnaturalliving.blogspot.com for more of my work.

And yes, the photographs are all mine.

My passion is ...

animals, writing

I know too much about ...

science

My parents always told me ...

work hard

My childhood ambition ...

to be a doctor

My favorite memory ...

the library

Why I write ...

because too many idiots are giving bad advice

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

currently reading "Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 molecules changed history"

My first job ...

technically I haven't got one yet

My best moment ...

when I graduated

My inspiration ...

my boyfriend

Personal Finance > Smart Spending Christmas shopping on a budget

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This year, for Christmas, I'm (practically) broke. I have 16 people on my list to give presents to, and less than 200 to come up with gifts for all of them*. Nevertheless, the shopping is almost complete, on 130, no less. There are several food items that will have to bought fresh, but they will be included in the weekly grocery budget-flour is cheap, as are eggs and butter, which are things I usually include on the list about every other week, anyway. What am I giving? Lots of homemade things: 1) Scarf-hat-mitten sets. 1 meter of fabric makes two scarf-hat-mitten sets-get two, and you can...

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