calamity jane

Author: Calamity Jane

  • Not Menu Planners

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    Calamity Jane

    There’s been lots of buzz about menu planning on all the cool, frugal blogs. A bit of rebellion has been on my list for ages. But, when Gina at Clutterpunk started despairing her own troubles with the concept, I was finally spurred into action. My friends, without judgement or malice, I have to say that…

  • Germaphobes and Cleanfreaks! Look Away Now!

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    Calamity Jane

    Remember when I discovered that I didn’t really need soap for most of my dishes? Here’s how far my dish-washing habits have sunk since. I wash lately in tepid, soap-less water, with a diaper insert wrapped in a piece of onion bag for a sponge! The tepid water because it got hot again. And I…

  • Screaming Fits

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    Calamity Jane

    Oh friends. Thank you for being out there. Thank you for reading. Thank you for caring. Our sweet little routine that I wrote about some time back got blown all to hell round about Easter. The Toddler’s having a rough sleep patch again. I was thinking yesterday that you could know a lot about a…

  • Whoops… There Goes Another 6,000,000 Gallons

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    Calamity Jane

    For those of you who don’t read the news (like me) but don’t have husbands who keep you reasonably informed, let me share some headlines. One of BP’s many offshore oil wells is spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico, round about– Oh! Well, round about really fucking close. So close that when they had…

  • Score: Collards–1000

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    Calamity Jane

    As I was walking into Whole Foods yesterday I noticed a big poster I’d missed before. Some kind of acronym, ASDI or something, which is a score count for nutrient density in foods. I’d seen the little tags around the store– on quinoa and so forth– but not payed much attention. For some reason it…