On Monday, Morin Fuel made my first delivery of oil from them. It had been about 4 weeks since Marquis Heating had delivered oil, and I needed 30.9 gallons which totaled $72.89. That will come out of the $1050.00 that I received in fuel assistance. It was cool because the man who delivered the oil [...]
Archive for the ‘Winter Prep’ Category
Furnace and Oil
Posted in Household Needs, Low-Income, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged budget plan, community, fuel assistance, furnace, Marquis Heating, medical issues, money, Morin Fuel, oil, terminate contract on Friday, December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Pantry Update
Posted in Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Household Needs, Winter Prep, tagged challenge, pantry on Friday, November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Good evening everyone. I have been steadfastly working on my pantry. I have been adding everything that I can to it. I just wanted to let you all know that I have added photos of my pantry shelving unit and its contents on the Creating a Pantry Challenge page. Feel free to check out the [...]
A Fruitful Shopping Trip
Posted in Food, Winter Prep, tagged coupons, Hannaford, sales, savings, shopping on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hannaford recently had a $1.25 sale on a few items to celebrate their anniversary. This could not have come at a better time for me, as we are so low on money right now.
I won’t share the whole list with you, but be aware that I used a small windfall to pay for the purchases. [...]
Winter Prep: 2008 (Done so far)
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Winter Prep, tagged air leaks, bank the trailer, blankets, cleaned, drafts, fuel assistnace, furnace, harvest garden, heat tape, pantry, windows, Winter Prep, yard on Saturday, October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Right now, I am working on the pantry. Zowie got most of the trailer banked today, and I have had my appointment with fuel assistance. The heat tape has been plugged in. I will be doing more during the upcoming week. Who knew that it was going to get so cold, so soon. We usually do most [...]
Fuel Assistance and Morals
Posted in Household Needs, Low-Income, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged community, financial, fuel, fuel assistance, maine, Morin Fuel, oil, oil company, Penquis on Friday, October 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On October 6th, I had an appointment to sign up for fuel assistance. I do not do this often. In fact, I have only done this twice in my life, when my daughters were just little girls. They are now 18 and 16. Not that I wouldn’t have qualified the other years, but I just [...]
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 [...]
Freezer Mix-Ups
Posted in Food, Food Cupboard Creations, Frugally, Winter Prep, tagged foods, freezer mix-ups, frugal, leftovers, recipes, waste on Thursday, September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over at Frugal Recipes, I have posted Freezer Mix-Ups, which is a way to not waste leftovers or to use foods up before they go (too) bad to be useful.
I will also be posting at least one recipe for using the mix-ups at a later date.
Shannon
A Fruitful Visit to the Food Cupboard, and What the Food will be Used For
Posted in Cheap, Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Food Cupboard Creations, Free, Frugally, Low-Income, Tightwad, Winter Prep, tagged breakfast, cost, Food, food cupboard, food stamps, Free, loaves of bread, main meals, meals, salads, snacks, soup on Saturday, September 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterdays food cupboard visit went well. My nephew went with me and we were able to carry everything home on our walk back. We brought the canvas bags so as bot to be wasteful. This is what we received:
a vegetable platter: carrots, broccoli, celery and tomatoes with dip
a head of cabbage
a head of cauliflower
a container of [...]
Fuel Assistance
Posted in Household Needs, Low-Income, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged cold, electric, fuel assistance, penquis cap, phone, Winter on Friday, August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone who may possibly qualify for this should set up their appointments now. I actually did this through Penquis CAP last month, and my appointment is in October.
Fuel assistance will not pay for all of your oil, but it will pay for some. This can be very helpful. There are also other benefits if you [...]
Great Deals at the Grocery Store, Food Cupboard Finds, and an Update
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Free, Low-Income, Tightwad, Winter Prep, tagged cleaning supplies, donate, Food, food cupboard, freeze, freezer, grcoery, IGA, lotion, maine, Orono, shampoo, soaps, store, Winter on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First, let’s get the updates out of the way. Today, I walked one hour to fill out an application. Hopefully this goes well. I refuse to walk more than one hour to get to any job at all. If I get this job, then I get to walk there three days a week, stand on [...]
