Archive for Archive for April, 2011
7 Items That You Can Recycle and Reuse in Your Home
In today’s world, there is so much emphasis on the environment and the concerns surrounding it. Recycling has become increasingly popular and is a great way to help the environment. Luckily there are many things you can recycle and reuse in your own home. Not only will you be helping the planet, but you will [...]
While You Budget…
Keep in mind the unique purposes and circumstances for your particular family. The first paragraph of this excerpt from Lyman Abbott’s 1896 House and Home seems more quaint than applicable, but the last paragraph is spot on in application: The income of the average American family is estimated at about five hundred dollars a year. [...]
My Wonder Frugal Product
Returning to the scene of my fiasco, I stared at my carpet with amazement. No vestige of the black markings was left on the rug. My bottle of hydrogen peroxide had done wonders again! Diligently vacuuming a few days ago, I noticed the cleaner was doing a very poor job. My suspicions were confirmed when [...]
Monetize Your Blog, part 2: Take your time
start here: Monetize Your Blog, part 1: Don’t do it for the money So, you really want to try this. You love blogging, and you want to see if you can make a little money in the process. Maybe you’ll even make a lot. You’ll never know if you don’t try! TAKE YOUR TIME. Blogging [...]
Frugal Link Round Up – April 25, 2011
Amazon Mom – This one is very exciting for me! KimC told you about it some time back, but I missed it then and maybe you did too, and it’s a biggie (in my book) so I’m repeating what she said. If you have kids, or grandkids, or nieces or nephews, or know somebody who [...]
What’s In Your Hand? Besides a Credit Card, I mean
As children we learned that ‘you are what you eat,’ as our parents and teachers tried to teach us helping eating habits. As an adult, I’ve come to see that often ‘you are what you believe,’ and like the old Garbage In, Garbage Out saying, it’s important to be careful what ideas you give houseroom [...]
An Ordinary Day of Frugal Delights
Munching on left-over cheese steaks, Youngest Son and I were sitting on our narrow side porch reveling in a beautiful day. Enjoying the memories of the evening before when all our children had joined us to celebrate Husband’s birthday, my thoughts were many. Husband’s choice of cheese steaks, Jewish pickles and potato chips for his [...]
Monetize Your Blog, part 1: Don’t do it for the money
When I began blogging way back in 2005, I hardly knew what a blog was and I had no idea that an online personal journal could become a source of income. Things have changed a little, and now it seems like everyone with a blog aspires to make money with it. Things have changed for [...]
Frugal Links Round Up – April 18, 2011
Much of the time I spend on the web I’m looking for ways to save money, cut corners, find new recipes (home cooking ALWAYS saves you money) and I usually end up sharing these ideas and links on facebook. Now my friend KimC has offered me a much wider audience. YOU! Brace yourself for a [...]
What’s In Your Hand Potential
I’ve mentioned before that I have a pretty little metal… something- we aren’t sure what- that has been a pot rack and a hanging shelf for plants (you can see it here).This week I hung coat hangers from the wires and clothespinned some vintage linens to the coathangers so they could dry in the sunny [...]
A Minimalist “Wanna Be?”
Listening to my young friend talk, I kept one of her comments to savor and think through at a later date. This young woman, a treasured friend, has taught me, the older woman, so much! Mom to five little ladies and one young man, she has wisdom beyond her years. We take advantage of the [...]
Living on Half Your Paycheck
For a number of months one of my sons-in-law was working major overtime at his job. He and my daughter frugally put all his ‘extra’ pay aside in savings, pretending it wasn’t there. The plant where he works gets some of their parts from Japan, so now they are working shorter hours since those parts [...]
A Life Well Lived
Tears streaming down my face and heart breaking, I listen as four tall, strong young men stand to share about the life of their dad. A whirlwind car trip had brought Husband and me to pay our respects to this precious family, friends of many years. Now, memories of our family get-togethers flood my mind. [...]
So… What’s In Your Hand?
I started blogging here once a week back in 2007. There was a period of time when I was AWOL while life dealt our family a few knock out blows, but with God’s help we’ve been staggering out from beneath them for a while, and I’ve been blogging here regularly again. Although I’ve taken a [...]
