Okay, so my nephew recently came to stay with me. He will be here for about six months. He is 10. His mother will pay for his food and any other needs that he has while he is here. I should only see a small increase in the water/sewer bill.
My daughter just got back from [...]
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Life Changes Suddenly
Posted in Frugally, Others, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged frugal, yard-sale, life, income, changes, Pay it Forward on Sunday, August 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Having it Rough
Posted in Food, Others, Utilities and Other Bills, low-income, tagged home, school, financially, income, daycare, food cupboard, fuel assistance, job, honesty, poor, expenses on Sunday, July 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay, so…honesty is a virtue. Right? So, to blog about something like one’s income is not easy, but it is honest and to the point. It is hard to come on here and say that things are not going well, but they are not. What I am getting at?
I lost my job. Well, not completely. [...]
Update for My Goals: Saving Money and Helping Our Earth
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 batteries, candles, canning, canvas totes, changes, chargers, cleaners, cloth wipes, collect water, compsot, consignment, cost, crochet, daycare children, deodorant, dishwasher, diva cups, dry herbs, Dryer, earth, electricity, environment, expensive, farmer's markets, flourescent lights, flowers, Food, freeze herbs, fresh produce, fruits, garden, gardening, gifts, goals, healthier, heating, helping, herbalism, herbs, home remedies, households, Infinity Razor, landfills, less waste, money, natural sunlight, oil, oil-lamps, pinching pennies, plastics, power strip, prices, recycle, resale, reuse, roadside stands, rugs, save, saving money, scavenge materials, second hand, shopping, soap, toilet paper, trailer, unplug, vegetables, vegetarian, washing machine, water, water baths, water bottles, yardsaling on Saturday, July 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Early Preparation for Winter, of Sorts
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged bank the trailer, beans, blankets, breads, candles, DirecTV, electric bill, Food, food cupboard, freeze, fruits, fuel assistance, furnace, heat, heat tape, heating season, heating vents, homemade, household cleaners, leftovers, muffins, oil, oil-lamps, pantry, pasta, Personal Hygiene, plastic, programmable thermostat, recipes, rice, salads, savings, sewer bill, shower head, slippers, smoothies, stews, stimulus check, stock-up, toilet, veggies, warm clothing, water bill, windows, winter months. winter 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, [...]
BlockBuster.com
Posted in Others, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged winter, cheap, DVD's, DirecTV, blockbuster.com on Thursday, July 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, I had cut my BlockBuster.com service down to 2 movies at a time when we got the DirecTV. While I would like to be able to put it back to where it was, I will have to suffer with the cheap service through out the winter. I can borrow DVDs from family on the [...]
What is My Income? Part 2
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 [...]
What is my Income? Part 1
Posted in Food, Household Needs, Others, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged bills, child support, daycare, deductions, earn money, foodstamps, home, income, MaineCare, survivors benefits, TracFone, trailer, work on Sunday, June 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I was asked this morning if I wouldn’t mind posting my income, as a reference for others, here on the blog. I haven’t done so yet, because it varies from year-to-year, sometimes greatly.
For instance, last year my (work) income was about $10,000 after deductions. I do not include my daughters survivors benefits as income. I also [...]
Heat Tape, Winter Preparation
Posted in Household Needs, Others, Winter Prep, tagged freezing, hardware store, heat tape, insulation, maine, manufactured home, New England, plummer, trailer, trailer park, winter, winter preparation on Sunday, June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Good morning everyone! I received an email from a very nice lady this morning, a reader who has benefited from this blog. I love receiving emails from my readers. It helps me to know what topics everyone needs me to post on. We all live different, lives, and we all need different things. (I will [...]
How I Recycle
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 [...]
Reusing Every Day Items: Things that I Plan to do
Posted in Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged frugal, environment, home, reuse, recycling, green, crafts, craft supplies on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
There are still things that I intend to start doing to help the environment and to live more frugally. I am attempting to green my home in small steps.
* I used to reuse aluminum foil, and I am going to get back into the habit of this. I will do the same with the wax [...]
