There are still many details left, but the final cabinet installation was completed on Friday, July 23, after a June 1 start.  I’ll be writing more about the delays and adventures of kitchen remodeling soon.

I invite you to watch this brief but intriguing documentary on the true cost and environmental implications of bottled water.

I never really stopped to consider the cost of bottled water.  I think we have been sold a bill of goods to believe [...]

The following is written by Guest Writer Jill Cooper

As a single mother of two, I started my own home business without any capital and paid off $35,000 debt in 5 years on $1,000 a month income.

I am often asked what are the top lessons I would give a family or even a [...]

Spinach-Mushroom Quiche

(This delicious recipe is Courtesy of A Simpler Time Bed and Breakfast, Paonia, Colorado)

2 -9- inch deep dish pie crusts, thawed (or use a Basic Pie Crust Recipe, below)
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
2 Tbsp olive oil
6 large farm fresh eggs, beaten
1/2 cup half and half
1- 8 – ounce container sour [...]

In today’s Denver Post, the lead story opens saying:

“Denver-area authorities are embarking on $760 million worth of massive water-treatment projects, to convert substandard water into drinkable new supplies.

Water providers say they also increasingly are detecting new contaminants, such as pharmaceutical residues from birth-control pills, cosmetics and antidepressants, that they anticipate [...]