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 Clothing, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Others, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged cooking, food cupboard, garden, newspaper, recycle, returnables, second hand, thrift shop, vegetables, water on Friday, June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The only things that we actually recycle are returnables. We do not have a vehicle, and we do not have mandatory recycling pick-up because we live in a privately owned park. There are some other things that we do, though:
* We get what newspapers that we need from my mother. When we are done with them, I use [...]
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Posted in Clothing, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, tagged Bangor, cast iron, Deals, Goodwill, holidays, maine, saved money, shopping, treasures on Sunday, May 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Wow! I can’t believe the deals that we found while shopping at the Goodwill! My favorite treasures were a cast iron pot, and a cast iron pastry pan that will make cute little holiday breads this year. (By the way, for those who read the Thrift Shop post, I remembered what the other kitchen item [...]
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Posted in Clothing, Decorating Frugally, Homeschool Frugality, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Winter Holidays, tagged Clothing, save, prices, frugal, money, free, yard-sale, home, clearance, holiday, thrift shop, shopping, gifts, buy, cheapskate, bargain on Friday, May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Today was a good day for me. I was being my frugal self, and needed to procure some things for my home and the upcoming holiday season. After taking the children up on the bike path to collect samples from the pond to look at under the microscope (which was, by the way, a free [...]
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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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Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Household Needs, Personal Hygiene, Winter Holidays, tagged breakfast, cleaned, clothes, gift, karma, money, save, snack on Thursday, February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I help the couple across the street out when they need it. I did not let them pay me at first, then the husband gave me a $50.00 gift at Christmas. It is rude to give back a gift, and the money was helpful. The wife had given us clothes, spring bulbs to plant, baskets [...]
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Posted in Clothing, Others, Taking Care of Baby, tagged cloth, diaper, environment, frugal, resource, thediaperhyena.com on Monday, February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Visit The Diaper Hyena, which pegs itself as the definitive cloth diapering resource site.
Indeed, you will find links to many helpful resources, including how to make your own cloth diapers. Cloth diaper is not only frugal, it also helps the environment.
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This is a great site that has usable information about using and making cloth diapers and covers. It is a very useful site. Cloth diapering is very frugal.
Karen’s Cloth Diapering Site
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Amy made these for her daughter Hannah. There are directions and photographs of her little one wearing the finished product.
I am still looking for patterns for sewing the onesies so, if anyone has them, please pass them along.
Warmest Wishes,
Shannon
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