What can I say? I am dumbfounded. This election was going to be close. I knew that. I wasn’t going to say anything afterwards because I knew no matter who the winner was going to be, we as a country were going to have problems. Heck, we already have problems. Many, many problems. However, I am in shock but not speechless. I don’t believe the right man won. I struggle greatly with an America who is cheering for a man…
One of the things I like to do to save money and control what goes into my body is to make my own oatmeal packets. This is actually very easy to do and only take me roughly twenty minutes to do. MYO Oatmeal Packets What you need to get started: Old-Fashioned Oats or Quick-Cooking Oats Salt ( I use sea salt) This time I was making twelve packets so I put 2.5 cups of oats into the food processor. I…
This morning I was reading through the blogs I have earmarked on the right side of this page and came across Rural Revolution: Frugal Tips. Mrs. Lewis then challenged other blog writers to post their own list of frugal tips and ideas! I am incredibly excited to read what others have posted!Here is what we do and what we plan to do:1. I wash out and reuse plastic storage bags and containers. Most people treat them as disposable, but I…
This weekend sure went by fast, didn’t it? We ended up not going to Ames yesterday which helped tremendously although I think we all took the day of rest thing very seriously for the first half of the day! So what did I get done? Let’s see… 1. Make out the monthly grocery list This still needs work, but I am not finding a lot we need to buy this month so I will concentrate on more food storage.2. Make…
This week was a little slow for frugal activities. Not that I wasn’t frugal, but that I did more time consuming things like weeding my garden. So onto the list! – I made a big pan of chicken broth/stock. It is simmering while I type. I save the chicken carcasses from when I roast chickens so I can make this. I will let it cool and can the stock in a few days. – I made my once a month…
Some time ago I had a major shift in my attitude when it came to saving money. For quite a while, to my own folly, I thought the only way I could save money was when I spent money. I would do little things at home to save money that were just second nature to me. But I thought that when I wanted to buy something that I needed to save money that way instead of saving money by not…