I’ve got the food storage blues this weekend. We have a narrow storage area in our basement that we have filled with shelving. I use about 30% of the shelving for longer term storage of non-perishables and things like cereal, crackers, noodles, etc. I think of it as my own personal store.
Wednesday I was off [...]
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I’ve got the Food Storage Blues….
Posted in Frugal Living, Household Chores, cleaning, cooking, coupons, organizing on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Save the TP!!
Posted in Frugal Living, Green Living, Kids, tagged frugal, Green Living, Kids, saving money on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once again I must apologize for the regular lack of posts. Week before last I was fighting off a cold (thank you dear daughter) and this week has just been busy. But I wanted to share a funny tip that my husband recently came up with.
What parent doesn’t complain about kids who waste too much [...]
Pantry Tip #4 – How much food should you “stockpile?”
Posted in Frugal Living, Kitchen Tips, cooking, coupons, organizing, tagged cooking, frugal, organizing, pantry tips, saving money on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Pantry Tip #2 – Best Prices on Dry Herbs and Spices
Posted in Frugal Living, Kitchen Tips, cooking, tagged cooking, frugal, Kitchen Tips, saving money on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I have a few recommendations about where to get the best price and quality on herbs and spices for your pantry. I start by assuming you have containers of some kind for your regularly used spices – old spice jars or baby food jars or something. When I first went on my own, my [...]
Handy Kitchen Tip: Re-grow Green Onions
Posted in Frugal Living, Kitchen Tips, cooking, tagged cooking, frugal, Kitchen Tips, saving money on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Busy day today as I have a lot of errands to run, but I want to share a neat kitchen tip. We are big fans of the show “The Next Food Network Star” and this tip came from contestant and winner Melissa about halfway through the series. When asked for a helpful kitchen tip to [...]
You Gotta Love Freecycle
Posted in Clutter, Frugal Living, Household Chores, recycling, tagged cleaning, Clutter, Clutter busting, frugal, Green Living, recycling on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As we continued our decluttering and cleaning this summer, we noticed the old wooden play set in the backyard. With two teens in the house, no one has been on it much in the last couple years and the path out to it is overgrown with weeds. My husband and I discussed what to do [...]
Household Tip – Laundry – Easy on the Fabric Softener
Posted in Clothes, Frugal Living, Green Living, Household Chores, cleaning, tagged cleaning, Clothes, saving money on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My mother-in-law kept about the cleanest house of anyone I knew and she was sweet to boot, so whenever she offered a tip, I would listen because she always did it to share information and never to criticize. One tip she gave me was to never use fabric softener on towels – it does make [...]
What to do with a rump roast?
Posted in Frugal Living, cooking, crock pot, dinner, recipes, tagged cooking, crock pot, dinner, recipe on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week a local supermarket had rump roasts on sale, so I picked up about a 2.5 lb roast for about $4. When I brought it home, my husband groaned because it is one of the few cuts of meat that we often are not too successful with. I did some internet research and put [...]
Small Sacrifices – Save Water and Energy
Posted in Frugal Living, Green Living, saving energy, tagged Green Living, saving energy, saving money on July 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A few months ago, I completed an on-line energy survey through one of my local utility companies, and as a reward, they sent me an “energy conservation package.” It consisted of a new low-flow shower head and several low flow faucet adapters.
The faucet adapters were clearly marked as 1 gpm (gallon per minute) flow rate, [...]
My favorite coupon and money-saving sites
Posted in Frugal Living, coupons, tagged coupons, frugal on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Strangely, I am at a loss for words or a topic today and have a lot errands to run, so not a lot of time for a long post. Instead, I thought I’d share this Slimpage of some of my favorite websites for couponing and free deals. My absolute favorite two are near the top [...]
