I apologize for today’s post; there might be some thought loss due to the big football game! I love football! I just wish Notre Dame would start playing well! *smile* This post has been neglected since before Christmas because if I had posted, I would have ruined a lot of Christmas presents! I also tried hard to save money and use what we had, but that didn’t happen entirely. I have figured out that we also need to start Christmas…
We can get back to the daily life business that suits me so much better. I do apologize for the lack of Christmas posts this year and promise I will have some pre-written and ready to go for next year. I just was not in the Christmas spirit this year. I am not exactly sure how or why, but life sent us a few curve balls before Christmas that did not help. Namely sickness and a lot of doctor’s visits….
Let me help you save some money and make you think you are a frugal genius! I used to be one of those that bought dried chopped onions in the grocery stores paying anywhere from $.99 to $3.99 for a container of that stuff. Then I got my mom’s old dehydrator. I played around with the dehydrator and put it away not realizing its invaluable contribution to our household. Silly, silly me. One day I ran out of dried chopped…
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…