Dishes, dishes everywhere — even in the shower
Maybe this is a 20-something thing. It might just be a Lauren Boyer thing. I leave dishes EVERYWHERE. By the week’s end, I have enough plates and mugs on the sink, toilet and ledges of my shower to run...
View ArticleA 20-something on a diet
Maritza Lugo from HelloGiggles knows me so well. Her illustrated Tweets make me laugh but also cry, as my battle with the kitchen is a never-ending quest. I’ve tried a variety of tricks: Cooking all my...
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Busting my budget and cleaning out my cupboards
I'm seeing mostly red It seems at the end of every month, my Mint budget shows me red. It is frustrating but totally my fault when I throw caution to the wind about every second week of the month and...
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Glad to be a 20-something in 2012
Making your own spaghetti sauce is really fun — until it it’s not. (Photo via stock.chng) Every so often, I get overwhelmed by the thought of raising kids in the 21st century. (It’s a few years off,...
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Becoming part of the community in York
I layer some Swiss chard into a zucchini and lentil lasagna with a fellow volunteer in July. I’m holding a pan with my hip because we ran out of space on the counter… and also because I’m awkward. This...
View ArticleReaching my coupon limit
In my first year out of college, I was mesmerized by TLC’s “Extreme Couponing.” The men and women (but really, mostly women) featured on show were miracle workers in the grocery store. They saved 90 or...
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Are you achin’, yup yup, for some bacon, yup yup
My family knows me for my love of bacon. So when I heard about the so-called bacon shortage that we could experience next year … I was in panic, because there was one recipe that I had been itching to...
View ArticleLife without a microwave: I am the 5 percent
I don’t have a microwave. It was a conscious choice I made one day while making nachos. Normally I would have just put a plate of chips and cheese in the microwave, but I had just moved in to my...
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What makes 20-somethings happy?
Things that make me happy include my relationships with my college best friend, Nicole, left, and with my sister, Ali, right. (Instagram filter X-Pro II and horizontal blur were used on this photo.)...
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Adventures in the kitchen: Eggs Benedict
(Daily Record/Sunday News — File) Let’s get fancy. Sometimes it’s nice to make your sweetheart — or yourself — a delicious, hearty breakfast to kick off your day. And it might be a way to make...
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