Showing posts with label frugal living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frugal living. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

75 Extraordinary Uses for Baking Soda

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Found this little tidbit, 75 Extraordinary Uses for Baking Soda, on lifehackery.com and thought I'd share. Hope this finds you well!
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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Growing Up in the First Great Depression--a video

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Love the Peak Moment videos I've come across so far on YouTube. Thought I'd share!
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Frugal Dad's Top Frugality Blogs of 2011

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Thought I'd share a great post by Frugal Dad that I'm only just finding: Top Frugality Blogs of 2011. I told myself that today I M...
Friday, March 23, 2012

DIY Rocket stove!!

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Gotta love this DIY! :-D
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Transforming my life AND my day old doughnuts

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Eat the Food: Last week when I was craving doughnuts, I made pancakes instead. Though I love my recipe, the pancakes did NOT end my cravi...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Lovin' this Independence Challenge; Laziest 'icing' ever

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Lemon Shrimp ...yup, this is me cutting down on animal protein. When the folks came back from Florida recently and gifted us with FIVE PO...
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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Minimal animal protein and dairy for life--can she do it?

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Made spaghetti recently with only a 1/4 pound of Italian sausage, and Hubby didn't even notice I'd reduced the meat! Had enough le...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Take with frozen doughnuts; Extreme Frugality guy is back!

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My ear's still pounding like the ocean during a hurricane, despite two nights of steroids/decongestants-induced insomnia. Though I...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Amping up boring baby stuff; Decluttering, inspired by Zero Waste Home

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The other side of this bib has some ridiculous quote about fast food embroidered on the other side, so I only used the plain underside eve...
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Longstanding love affair with Lincoln Boyhood Park

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Lincoln Boyhood Living Historical Farm. This recreated log cabin is only one square foot larger than the one President Lincoln lived in ...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Sharing the blooms, the vows and the blowout!

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The little wisteria sprig we brought back from my aunt's yard in Pensacola last year has grown like crazy and has been blooming in our...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

We have high cholesterol--the good kind--maybe because of foods like this

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Last night's Minimal Meat Meal: Squash Tomato Garbanzo Medley Yeah, branching out from always calling things a "mish mash."...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

This moment: Gettin' my Kentucky on with burgoo and a natural bridge

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If you think burgoo looks like a gloppy mess, well, you'd be right. But burgoo's a spicy, meaty, slightly vinegary Kentucky stew, an...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

On my mind: Works in progress like fried chicken, hardscaping the new garden bed and foodgawking

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Hubby is hardscaping the new garden bed. No more mowing the little strip of lawn between the garage and the driveway! Hubby collected the ...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Gather ye cookies and cauliflower while ye may

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Though I'm not a Magic Cookie Bar fan, I am a huge fan of the basic recipe! These Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars are the latest incarna...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Spicing up my smoothie and finally trying to sprout my seeds

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I've had these alfalfa seeds for almost two years, and I'm just now getting around to trying to sprout them. If this works, I'...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Boy, do I hate spending money eating in a hospital cafeteria!

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I was in a hurry, so this quick tuna salad only contained pickles, salad dressing, celery seed, salt and pepper. Okay, there are worse t...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

On my mind: Never thought I could learn so much from a dinner party!

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One Tonne Life, Sweden's remarkable reality show experiment in lowering the carbon footprint of living wrapped things up recently. Mu...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Playing the frugal game with laser-like focus, including the Fire King bowl I bought

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Typical camp table. Though we seldom use aluminum foil, it does come in handy for some camp foods.  All right, despite my 2011 pledge to...
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