Archive for Archive for September, 2011
A What’s In Your Hand Chore Chart
My just turned two year old grandson is enamored of all things Noah’s Ark. Also of all things Old McDonald, and animals in general. So when I was making the yard sale rounds recently and saw this Noah’s Ark wall hanging for two dollars, I knew I had to have it for him. Kindly pretend [...]
The Movie “Courageous”
Reflecting back on the evening I spent watching a preview of the movie, Courageous, I decided to encourage all of you to consider this film as an investment. Living the frugal life is not just about pinching pennies, but using our funds with wisdom and with consideration for the future. What a wonderful date or [...]
Find savings all around the home
The financial significance of being frugal around the home has never been as great and a combination of small lifestyle changes can quickly lead to impressive savings across the board. Some will lower things like home insurance quotes both now and in the future and others will leave you and your family better off generally. [...]
Despise Not The Day of Small Things
Things come up that make you feel like a failure? Make your goals smaller- stick to a budget for an hour, then two hours, then three. Keep to a budget for breakfasts, add lunches, later budget suppers. Go without shopping for just this week. Then stay out of the stores (and away from online shopping) [...]
Frugal Purposeful Landscaping
Raking the dead tall grass out from the area of my yard which hosts wildflowers on occasion, I considered the advantages of frugal, purposeful, landscaping. This pile of straw-like grass would soon be repurposed as mulch for my tomato plants and save me a few dollars and the time needed for purchase. Eyeing rocks always [...]
Get cheaper energy by switching provider
Image courtesy of sAeroZar Companies that supply America’s electricity and natural gas love to have loyal customers more than anything else. But all too often that loyalty is not repaid by the energy suppliers and customers who have taken their supply from the same source for a long time might find they are missing out [...]
What Was In My Hand This Week
We are rearranging our upstairs, partly to get the stereo and movie watching machine (i.e. television) away from the staircase, which acts as a sound tunnel, magnifying all sound and carrying it downstairs. Our staircase only has half a wall around it upstairs – ideal, my son discovered when we moved in, for shooting plastic [...]
Renting A Car
Driving home from a lovely wedding, Husband and I were commenting on the good decision made to rent a car. A well established pattern of renting vehicles for our longer out of state trips for weddings and funerals had not been considered for this 500 mile round trip. A phone call received from New Son a [...]
Instigate a ride share for our climate – and your pocket!
Image courtesy of Ecin For journeys where travelling on foot, by bike, or public transportation isn’t an option, carpooling is an incredibly effective way of lowering the mileage you travel in your car every year. Carpooling to work, worship, school, college, or wherever else you see fit will work towards slashing pollution and will also [...]
Frugal Kind Of Funny
Generally our holiday and birthday celebrations are small. We do not do huge presents except a few special birthday years. But last year I found such an awesome deal at a thrift shop that I couldn’t resist, and I bought it for my husband for his birthday (which is just a few days before Christmas). [...]
Frugal Ice Packs and Other Substitutions
Grabbing my “ice pack” from the freezer for what seemed to me to be the umpteenth time, I couldn’t help but consider how much money this idea has saved my family. Husband finds apple juice to make the green drink he takes most palatable. Although I find the larger containers of the juice to be [...]
Keeping Track
“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.” Proverbs 27:23 Most of us don’t have flocks, but we do have things we are responsible for, stuff. We have a friend who is a retired auctioneer, and he says the average household has 17 hammers. That’s because at [...]
