Archive for crunchy stuff

Cloth diaper giveaway and promo code

I’ve posted about my favorite diapers – they’re super cheap all-in-one pocket dipes from China.  They do the job adequately and the price can’t be beat.  All in all, they’re the best fit for our budget and situation, but I won’t hesitate to admit that I love the more expensive diapers when I can get [...]

Posted by: kimc on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

10 Changes we’ve made this year

Our family has made quite a few changes this year toward simplifying our lives and our budget.  Some required extra work to adjust; others were painless.  Some save a significant amount of money, while others were done for different reasons – but resulted in savings as a secondary effect.

We switched to cloth diapers. This has [...]

Posted by: kimc on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Frugal Ice-Packs and Learning to Plan Ahead

I assume we all know the emergency tip about using a frozen bag of peas or corn on a nasty bruise. But what about when it’s not exactly an emergency? This past week our daughter Pip had her wisdom teeth out- three cut out and one extraction, and she needed to apply ice [...]

Posted by: DeputyHeadmistress on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

AirTap: have you heard of it?

I heard about the AirTap Heat Pump Water Heater just last week on the radio, and already I want one.  It’s not cheap, but it is cheaper than the much-vaunted tankless water heater, and it seems to be easier to install and far more efficient.
Imagine a water heater that heats its water–not by gas, nor [...]

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Various and Sundry

Wonderfully frugal way to get clean, soft, lovely skin- I LOVE this method.
Green cleaning ideas- these are the things we use to clean at our house- and by green, I also mean the green that’s in your wallet.  One tip I don’t think is on there- to clean sinks I use a bit of baking [...]

Posted by: DeputyHeadmistress on Friday, August 28th, 2009

Cloth diapers: why I shunned them for 15 years. Why we switched.

I have 9 children now, and I used disposable diapers with the first 8.  My reasoning was:

I did NOT want to swish dirty diapers in the toilet.
I didn’t want the risk associated with diaper pins.  My baby sister once spent hours with a pin through her skin thanks to an inexperienced babysitter.
Disposables are cheap enough [...]

Posted by: kimc on Thursday, August 13th, 2009