Saving electricity is not only about saving money, though that is a big part of the equation. It is also important to our future as a whole.
To live a greener life, in some cases, will automatically bring money savings. Sometimes this money savings is very much needed.
Right now, I am saving energy costs because I [...]
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Energy Savings
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged costs, electricity, energy, greener life, money, save, tips, water on Friday, July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Homemade Laundry Detergent: More than One Choice
Posted in Cleaning, Goals: Save and Help, Reader Asks Advice, tagged homemade, borax, laundry detergent, poison, tipnut.com on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A while back Bethany, a reader, asked if I knew of any homemade laundry detergent that does NOT use Borax, which she believes to be a poison. (If so, Yuck!)
I recently found a website that has a few different recipes for laundry detergent. It is called tipnut.com.
I would like to direct each of you to [...]
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 [...]
Preparing for Winter
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Low-Income, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged "dog house", #2 oil, air dry, banking, blankets, comforters, coupons, discount stores, dishwasher, drafts, Dryer, electric bill, electric company, energy efficient, few dollars, fleece, Food, heat, household items, kerosene, laundry, money, oil tank, payment plan, personal hygeine, plastic, porch, programmable thermostats, quitls, sales, save, save money, save on costs, shannon buck, slippers, slowcooker, steps, stove, temperature, warm clothing, warm jammies, windows, Winter, yard sales on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
(Two years old, I know. Perhaps I’ll have the opportunity to post a more updated one soon.)
Preparing for Winter
By Shannon Buck – Copyright September 2006
Winter is not far off, and we are beginning to prepare for this now at our home. These are the steps that we are taking this year. Hopefully some of the [...]
The Welfare Myth Part 1: TANF/AFDC
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Low-Income, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged AFDC, bills, child support, childcare, children, diploma, economy, electricity, expenses, family, food stamps, ged, home, Low-Income, low-income apartment, MaineCare, money, phone, purchase, rent, school, simply, TANF, washers and dryers, welfare, welfare myth, Winter, work on Friday, September 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It seems that there are still many people who believe that people on welfare are living it up, getting everything that they could ever want, without having to work. While on occasion, people have been known to do this, not everyone does. Everyone is not out to cheat the system. Most people are just trying [...]
When you cannot Afford to Purchase a lot of Cleaning Supplies
Posted in Cheap, Cleaning, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Low-Income, tagged clean, Cleaning, coupons, dollar store, household, purchase, shannon buck, supplies on Thursday, September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Shannon Buck – Copyright July 2007
Believe me, this happens in our household as well. I try to always have a few things on hand:
a large bottle of vinegar (The vinegar smell does not stay in the home that long. Only use a small amount with water.)
a few large boxes of baking soda
salt
dish detergent, purchased [...]
100 Things About Me #4: Low-Income Style
Posted in 100 Things About Me, Cleaning, Food, Food Cupboard Creations, Free, Low-Income, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged 100 Things About Me, Crossroads Ministries, Food, food cupboard, fuel assistance on Friday, September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
#4 I visit the food cupboard. I have had a real rough time, financially, for a few months now, and I get food from Crossroads Ministries. They are very helpful. There is not always a lot of food available through them, but I get things that we can use.
I also donate to them. Most people [...]
Making Rags
Posted in Cleaning, Free, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged bathroom, dish cloths, dish towels, Free, hand towels, kitchen, making rags, rags, towels, wash cloths on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It looks like we will be needing rags again. The old ones seem to have outlived their usefulness. I have been saving new dish cloths and dish towels for when I could no longer use the old ones for kitchen use.
The old towels and cloths are very old, stained and yucky looking. I will cut [...]
