Make Reusable Absorbent Towels
More water, detergents, and bleaches like polluting dioxin are used in making paper towels than you will ever use washing cloth wipes.
Free Crochet Sock Pattern?
If you google how to crochet socks youll get lots of links, but I cant remember which ones were just for girls. Theres also a site called Bevs Cottage that has links to crocheted sock patterns and one or two were for girls. One of the things Im looking for...
Save Money on Dish Soap
We also dilute our dish soap, but one of the things we also do is buy the same soap for everything. Plain castille liquid soap can be used for dishes, hands, showers, laundry, cleaning surfaces, even as shampoo (but its not my favorite for that). You can shampoo...
Using a Chimney Balloon (Chimney Pillow)?
When we moved into an apartment with a smallish, metal fireplace, I immediately sewed a circle of fabric over several layers of an old cutter quilt to make a plug. The damper is so wobbly, it doesnt really close. I sewed an length of cord onto it so I can pull...
Soy: The Magic Bean
As a nutritionist, I remind readers that soymilk is not as nutritious as the labels claim. The USDA allows nutrtion labels on food packages to reflect the value of the RAW food, not the highly processed product in the package. Soymilk, ricemilk, and the like...
A Guide to Non-Toxic Cleaning
I love your list but it would cost me at least $20 to buy all the products listed above and Id still have to store the portions not used in cleaning mixes. I buy one product for everything: soap. I use old t-shirts, diapers, or towel pieces for rags. Add hot...
Money Saving Strategies?
Just this afternoon at the grocery store I almost bought a bakery package of 6 cinnamon rolls for $2.79. But then I noticed the refigerator cinnamon rolls (in the packages like Pillsbury biscuits) were on sale for $1.66 each. So for $3.32 I bought two packages...
Cleaning Hands After Gardening?
While visiting my dad, I noticed a bar of good old fashioned Lava soap in the bathroom. Lava soap followed by a good moisturizer works well.
Money Making Tips for Stay at Home Moms
How much money do you charge for cake decorating? And are you also baking the cake? Or is someone providing a cake and asking for something special, like birthday, shower, etc? Allison
Herbal Remedies for Fleas?
Add nutritional yeast to their food (sprinkle it on) and also pill them with a small pill sized piece of garlic once a day. Then you wont need any other treatments. Pennyroyal oil is great; you put a dab of the oil on the base of the tail and under the neck...
Saving on Toilet Paper?
I take the price of a bag of TP and divide it by the number of squares total in the package. (12 rolls at 200 sheets/squares per roll is 2400 sheets.) Forget the square footage - people pull off a certain number of squares out of habit. I found that even at...
Cloth Training Pants?
The point of training pants is to feel wet and uncomfortable and I didnt put anything over my kids training pants except their regular clothing. At night the first week I still used diapers until they had dry nights. Then I used plastic pants at first over...
Pit Bulls - What did you expect?
It is true that animals are bred for certain purposes. Pointers are bred to seek out prey for hunters and then point to that prey (like game birds). If it were not true, then all dogs would know how to do that instinctively. Or no dog would. Pit bulls are bred...
Saving Energy Washing Dishes?
If you want to conserve water and electricity - dont use a dishwasher. A dishwasher uses 9-16 gallons of water per load and even the newest ones use about 7 at best. We have a small two-sink unit. We put about 2 inches of soapy water on one side, wash the dishes...
Recorating My Room With a Vintage Theme?
I live in Tucson, too, and Id recommend shopping around Grant - not for the high priced vintage items - but for ideas. Youll see alot of great boutique vintage shops there. Then hit the thrift stores and also on the web. Sometimes just keeping in mind the colors...
Natural Bug Repellents?
Taking a B-complex a couple of times a day will keep mosquitos from eating them alive. But it will turn their pee bright yellow. Eating garlic will also do the same, but garlic pills wont work. There are also natural bug repellants at health food stores.
Convincing My Boyfriend To Eat Cheaper Food?
Give your boyfriend the money for the weeks groceries with a list of foods that match your menu for the week. When he realizes hes run out of money 1/2 way through check-out, he might rethink what is possible on a limited budget.
Adding Up the Savings from a Frugal Life?
I save by budgeting according to our income. We are a family of four with two teens living on about $32K a year. We actually need about $36K a year and that gets met with tax refunds and such. I can tell you that I save by shopping for car insurance, not using...
Being Frugal and Single on Low Income?
I had a similar situation when I was living on $800 a month. I rented a room in a house for $300 including utilities, spent about $50 a week on food, and my old car, plus gas, maintenance, and insurance cost about $160 a month. That left $140 a month for things...
Help with Stray Cats?
Place white pepper powder in those areas. Cats always sniff and scratch before going to the bathroom. I have the same problem and it really works. Also it wont hurt anyone, it will just annoy the cats until they find other places to go.
Clean Used Engine Oil Off Tarmac?
I ordered ProActiv Solution for my teens to try and all it did was bleach our face and hand towels, but it did take the stains off our driveway as well. Just thought Id throw that in the mix!
Money Saving Milk Ideas?
If you are diluting your milk, you dont have to worry about Vitamin D deficiency if you get five minutes of sun every day. The body synthesizes Vitamin D from this method. Five minutes isnt enough to worry about skin cancer and it is very healthy. If you dont...
Fly Repellant for Porch Area?
Hang dried tansy in attractive bunches the way flowers and herbs are hung to dry. Or you can plant tansy and hang the plants in baskets along your porch. This repels flies.
Frugal Windshield Repair?
There are differing grades of windshield, and you may have been given an estimate for the highest grade. My husband once replaced a windshield for $200 instead of the other one quoted for $400. A week later, he got in the car and a cat jumped onto the hood...
Organizing a Linen Closet?
Have you thought of reducing the number of blankets you need by replacing them with comforters? We use only one comforter per bed and store a summer cotton blanket for each bed in the closet. Comforters roll up like sleeping bags (I make straps to hold them...
Grasshoppers Eating My Flowers?
As a Buddhist Im not allowed to kill other living beings. When I have things in my garden that are ruining it - cats, insects such as harvester ants, javelinas - I spray plants with water mixed with crushed garlic or eucalyptus oil, or I use an old yogurt tub...
Dry Shampoo?
If you can possibly find sandalwood powder anywhere, try a bit of that. It removes blackheads out of the skin, too, as a paste. And it smells great.
