Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, creating a pantry challenge, low-income, 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 | 5 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 [...]
Posted in Food, Food Cupboard Creations, Frugally, Winter Prep, tagged foods, freezer mix-ups, frugal, leftovers, recipes, waste on Thursday, September 18, 2008 | No Comments »
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
Posted in Food, Food Cupboard Creations, Frugally, Winter Prep, cheap, creating a pantry challenge, free, low-income, tightwad, tagged Food, soup, cost, meals, free, breakfast, snacks, salads, food cupboard, food stamps, main meals, loaves of bread 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 [...]
Posted in Household Needs, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, low-income, tagged cold, electric, fuel assistance, penquis cap, phone, winter on Friday, August 29, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Winter Prep, free, low-income, tightwad, tagged Food, freeze, IGA, winter, shampoo, maine, store, freezer, food cupboard, cleaning supplies, donate, grcoery, Orono, soaps, lotion on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
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, [...]
Posted in Household Needs, Others, Winter Prep, tagged freezing, winter, maine, insulation, heat tape, trailer, winter preparation, trailer park, manufactured home, plummer, hardware store, New England 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 [...]
