Posted in Cleaning, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged dishwasher, soap, Food, save, prices, money, cost, healthier, cleaners, environment, Dryer, yardsaling, resale, helping, goals, saving money, earth, heating, expensive, candles, consignment, oil-lamps, rugs, crochet, second hand, households, pinching pennies, less waste, changes, unplug, power strip, diva cups, landfills, Infinity Razor, toilet paper, cloth wipes, batteries, chargers, trailer, water, gardening, herbs, fruits, vegetables, flowers, daycare children, washing machine, plastics, recycle, reuse, water bottles, canvas totes, shopping, fresh produce, farmer's markets, roadside stands, scavenge materials, herbalism, home remedies, gifts, dry herbs, freeze herbs, vegetarian, canning, water baths, compsot, garden, collect water, electricity, oil, flourescent lights, natural sunlight, deodorant on Saturday, July 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is an update, my way of letting you know how I am coming along on all of my goals. I may not get to everything this year, but I am hoping to get to as many as I can.
Here are my goals:
(Note Done Yet)* Unplug what I can when the appliances/electronics are not in [...]
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Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged Food, freeze, recipes, muffins, savings, leftovers, homemade, breads, beans, heat tape, bank the trailer, pantry, pasta, toilet, candles, oil-lamps, fruits, oil, DirecTV, salads, programmable thermostat, blankets, food cupboard, stimulus check, heat, stock-up, electric bill, winter months. winter, fuel assistance, furnace, heating vents, heating season, slippers, warm clothing, plastic, windows, household cleaners, Personal Hygiene, water bill, sewer bill, shower head, veggies, smoothies, stews, rice on Friday, July 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have heard from different people that they are concerned about the upcoming winter months. In all honesty, I am concerned myself. How can I make it through a winter here? Will I make it through the winter? Have I cut all of the corners that I can? I have no idea.
I keep analyzing everything, [...]
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Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Holidays, tagged bills, cheap, clearance, coupons, Crossroads Ministries, daughters, Deals, dollar stores, electricity, flea markets, Food, food costs, food pantry, freecycle, gas, generic brands, Goodwill, grocery, heat, homeschooling, housing, income, low-income living, oil, pantry, sales, sewer, stimulus check, stock, stock-up, store brands, tax refund, teenager, The Salvation Army, thrift shop, Wal*Mart, water, yard sales on Sunday, June 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Well, part one turned out to be pretty long, LOL, but I do believe that you all know how much income fluctuates from year-to-year, and about what my monthly bills are.
This, by the way, is turning out to be one of the leaner years. We will make do, though. We always do.
Last year was a [...]
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Posted in Cleaning, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Homeschool Frugality, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged Food, save, milk, money, binders, household, environment, toothbrush, saving, Frugally, homeschool, Jars, reuse, baggies, newspaper, daycare, canvas bags, greening, homes, money savings, gas, programmable thermostat, low-flow shower head, plastic bags, business, blankets, envelopes, flower pots, jugs, scrap paper, plastic containers, utensils, shower curtain, rags on Sunday, June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are many ways in which we can all live more frugally while saving our environment. Greening our homes does not have to cost megabucks up front. We can take our time to learn, which will provide us with money savings down the road. With the money that we save, we can purchase helpful items [...]
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Posted in Cleaning, Goals: Save and Help, Kitchen Needs, Personal Hygiene, tagged canvas tote bags, cloth wipes, dishwasher detergent, Godwill, homemade, shopping, thrift shop on Saturday, May 24, 2008 | No Comments »
* Today was our big shopping trip. We shopped at the Goodwill, a thrift shop, Wal*Mart and Hannaford. I used the many canvas tote bags that I have been collecting.
* I’m not sure if I mentioned it or not, but I purchased the cotton fleece for the cloth wipes. Now I have to set aside [...]
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Posted in Cleaning, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Others, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged bill, broccoli, cherry tomato, cucumber seedlings, Diva Cup, electricity, environmental, flush, Food, goals, money, organic compost, prices, resources, save, savings, sewer, soil, toilet, water on Sunday, May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Diva cups have arrived. We are waiting to be able to try them out.
I wanted to mention that, in an effort to save some money on the water bill, we flush for #2’s but not when we pee. Before I go to bed, I swish the toilet and flush one last time. This saves [...]
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First of all, I always make sure that there is vinegar in the rinse agent hole. It seems that the best detergent is simply equal amounts of washing soda and borax. You use 2 tablespoons. I will experiment using 1 tablespoon.
Also, you put the detergent into one of the other holes. Some say not to put [...]
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Posted in Cleaning, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged dishwasher, soap, Food, save, prices, money, cost, healthier, cleaners, environment, Dryer, yardsaling, resale, helping, goals, saving money, earth, heating, expensive, candles, consignment, oil-lamps, rugs, crochet, second hand, households, pinching pennies, less waste, changes, unplug, power strip, diva cups, landfills, Infinity Razor, toilet paper, cloth wipes, batteries, chargers, trailer, water, gardening, herbs, fruits, vegetables, flowers, daycare children, washing machine, plastics, recycle, reuse, baggies, water bottles, canvas totes, shopping, fresh produce, farmer's markets, roadside stands, scavenge materials, herbalism, home remedies, gifts, dry herbs, freeze herbs, vegetarian, canning, water baths, compsot, garden, collect water, electricity, oil, flourescent lights, natural sunlight, deodorant on Sunday, May 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In light of all the goings on (rising prices and the sad shape our Earth is in), I have made some goals for myself. Prices are not going to stop rising any time soon, and I am not going to become rich any time soon, so something(or someone) has to give. That would be me. I [...]
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Posted in Cleaning, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, tagged vinegar, kitchen, homemade, bathroom, laundry area, cleaner, all-purpose, disinfectant, spray on Saturday, February 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m sure that most of you know that vinegar can be used as a disinfectant. If you fill a spray bottle half way with vinegar, and the rest of the way with water, you will have what you need for your kitchen, bathroom and laundry area cleaning needs. Be sure to label the bottle accordingly.
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Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Household Needs, Others, Taking Care of Baby, tagged detergent, laundry, soap, homemade, recipe, powdered, baby clothes, washing soda, borax, fels naptha on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | No Comments »
My nephew and I recently made a batch of homemade powdered laundry detergent. It is supposed to work very well, and is also supposed to be fine for baby clothes.
We doubled the recipe so that I won’t have to make it as often. I have read that 1/8 cup per load should be enough, maybe [...]
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