I recently published an article on my Single Mom blog called Single Mothers Homeschooling Part 5: Saving Money on Materials and Supplies that you may enjoy. The article is one in a continuously growing series on homeschooling. Even if you are not a single mother, you will find each of the articles useful. To read the [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Homeschooling: Saving Money on Materials and Supplies
Posted in Homeschool Frugality, Low-Income, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged homeschool, materials, money, saving, single mothers, supplies on Sunday, November 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Homemade Candles, Frugal Holiday Gift Idea
Posted in Cheap, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Tightwad, Winter Holidays, tagged frugal, gift, holiday, homemade candles, mini homestead in a trailer park, recycle, reuse on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mini Homestead in a Trailer Park has a great way to reuse/recycle all of those leftover candle parts, soup cans, and candle jars/holders. Make your own homemade candles!!!!
(This is another blog of mine.)
Shannon
More Good Deals
Posted in Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Free, Low-Income, Personal Hygiene, tagged coupons, Deals, Family Dollar, IGA, sales, stocking up, taxes on Monday, November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I did a little more stocking up on things today. All items were either on sale, or came from the Family Dollar. I also used coupons for each item.
Family Dollar:
Most of these items used to be $1.00 here, but are now up to $1.10 to $1.25. The prices after coupon still came in at under [...]
Help with Your Phone Bill for Low-Income People
Posted in Low-Income, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged assistance programs, discounts, heap, lifeline, Low-Income, phone bill on Thursday, November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just thought that I would pass along this information, in case anyone doesn’t know about it. Check them out to see if you qualify.
SafeLink Wireless – Lifeline Benefits
Telephone Assistance Programs for Low-Income People (different than above)
I will get one of the benefits on my phone bill because I got HEAP this year, but you do [...]
Easy, Free Holiday Gifts
Posted in Cheap, Free, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Winter Holidays, tagged easy, fleece, Free, gifts, holiday, pillows, Reduce, reuse on Thursday, November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I will be posting pictures of the pillows that my nephew and I are making. I have three child size tied fleece throw blankets that we no longer need, so we are going to turn them into throw pillows for my nieces. I have tons of fluff that we can use to fill them with, [...]
Another Creating a Pantry Challenge Update
Posted in Creating A Pantry Challenge, tagged create a pantry challenge, Free, freezer, inventory on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just added information about my freezer contents. Feel free to check it out. I still have to:
Add inventory for pantry shelves.
Add photographs and an inventory for the food carts.
Add photographs and inventories for the personal hygiene and household cleaning categories.
Add free inventory sheets.
Add photograph and inventory for the refrigerator.
Shannon
Homemade Sanitary Pads and Diva Cups (Womanly Post)
Posted in Cheapskate, Goals: Save and Help, Personal Hygiene, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Tightwad, tagged Diva Cup, homemade, money, patterns, sanitary pads on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, I have been using the Diva Cup for a few months now and all is going well. I do have a couple of nights and days during my menstruation that are extremely heavy (medical problem) and the cup fills up too quickly, so I have also been using pads at those times. However, this [...]
Fuel Assistance, Holidays, Finances
Posted in Food, Low-Income, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged bills, childcare, finances, financial, Food, food cupboard, fuel assistance, holdays, job, meat, schedule, turkey, work on Monday, November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I received notice today that my fuel assistance came through. I had signed up on October 6th, so it was a little over a month ago. At the time, I had just started working full time again, having only been earning about $50.00 a week for a couple of months before the appointment.
I now find [...]
My Pantry Update
Posted in Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Household Needs, Winter Prep, tagged challenge, pantry on Friday, November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Good evening everyone. I have been steadfastly working on my pantry. I have been adding everything that I can to it. I just wanted to let you all know that I have added photos of my pantry shelving unit and its contents on the Creating a Pantry Challenge page. Feel free to check out the [...]
