I thought that you all would be interested in this challenge. Though you are not expected to turn the heat off entirely, you are expected to turn it down a little.
The benefits are less pollution and a bit more money in your pocket.
Shannon
P.S. Check out the rest of the blog while you are their. It [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Freeze Your Buns off Challenge 2008
Posted in Goals: Save and Help, Low-Income, Tightwad, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged challengem heat, freeze, money on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What it means to be poor…
Posted in Others, tagged poor on Monday, December 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, [...]
A Project and a Recipe
Posted in Cheap, Free, Frugally, Goals: Save and Help, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Winter Holidays on Saturday, December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hope you are all doing well.
One of the things that I did for the holidays was make tied-fleece pillows for my nieces. They loved the pillows, even though they were made from recycled materials. The gifts went over well. I did not have to pay anything to make these.
Yesterday, I had some Christmas leftovers to [...]
Take Advantage of After Christmas Sales
Posted in Low-Income, Winter Holidays on Friday, December 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hello everyone! Hope your holidays went well. I have been spending less time blogging and more time with family, but I have some ideas for upcoming information.
Here is an article that I recently added to another blog. It is about after Christmas Shopping and really applies to everyone.
Hope that you enjoy it.
Shannon
Electric Bill Savings
Posted in Low-Income, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter, tagged bill, discount, electric, fuel assistnace, furnace, save, savings on Friday, December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I received a letter from the electric company yesterday telling me that, because I was approved for fuel assistance, I will be getting a discount on the distribution portion of my electric bill. After some figuring I discovered that, had I gotten the discount last month, I would have saved about $20.00 off by bill.
That [...]
Affordable Food Storage
Posted in Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, tagged affordable, financial assistance, Food, food stock, food storage, fuel, lower incomes, pantry, preparedness, stock-up plan on Thursday, December 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I am currently reading up on food storage. My idea is that I would like to be stocked for a year on most everything. The food and the fuel will be the hard ones, as they are the most expensive.
So far, I have found two helpful articles:
How to Afford Food Storage
Start Your Food Storage on [...]
Free Cell Phone for Low-Income People
Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 11 Comments »
If you live in one of the states below, you may qualify. I do not, though I can see where a cell phone would come in handy. I have a TracPhone myself, but keep relatively few units on it. I use it for:
* Business: The daycare children’s parents can call me when they are out [...]
Frugal Finds for Your Consideration
Posted in Cheapskate, Cleaning, Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Goals: Save and Help, Low-Income, tagged cleaning products, copperwyre, frugal, homemade, last minute meals, preparedness, saving, stretching a penny on Monday, December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was checking out the tag surfer today and came across some things that may interest you:
Copperwyre’s Blog: Stretching a Penny until it’s Copper Wire – Last minute meals, savings secrets and more can be found here.
Prepare Today Newsletter – a collection of information to assist others in their preparedness efforts
Homemade Cleaning Products
Have a nice [...]
Updates, and Sick? Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Posted in Cheap, Food, Health, tagged chicken noodle, sick? homemade, soup on Monday, December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been sick since Friday, plus I was helping out friend all day yesterday, so I have not been posting to the blogs.
I will be posting more this week. For now, why don’t you head over to Frugal Recipes for the Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup recipes that my daughter and I concocted over the [...]
Holiday Trail Mix
Posted in Food, Winter Holidays, tagged frugal, holiday, recipes, trail mix on Friday, December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Most of the holiday recipes I have also work for Thanksgiving, so I probably won’t have a lot in the way of holiday recipes to post for the winter holidays.
However, I do have a simple one for trail mix. Visit Frugal Recipes to view the recipe.
Shannon
