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Posted in homemaking, natural living, outdoor living on Jan 12th, 2010
We’ve been buried under snow for weeks! There have been several school days canceled because of snow. There has been lots of shoveling. Lots of heater running. And lots of cold cold air!
That’s when I am thankful for the seed catalogs that arrived in early January! I’ve been having fun thinking about planting flower [...]
Posted in frugal living, homemaking, simple living on Nov 20th, 2009
1. Don’t go shopping and if you do have specific goals for your trip. The less you are in the stores where advertising and the enticement of “stuff” will be able to affect you. Most likely we don’t need the new things that we see. When we go shopping we go with a purpose in [...]
Posted in frugal living, homemaking on Nov 18th, 2009
Seems an odd thing to post, since we had our first snow yesterday. But winter is a great time to think about and work on preparations for the hot season again …
When we moved into our house, we hung black curtains on the sliding doors to our back deck. We chose black because it [...]
Posted in homemaking, in the kitchen on Nov 16th, 2009
This week is looking like a super busy week, so I have planned a very simple menu with lots of shortcuts and early preparation built in:
Monday: homemade cheesy hamburger skillet, veggies
Tuesday: ham and bean soup with pasta (soup made, all that needs done is to cook the noodles)
Wednesday: homemade pizza (Cole makes this meal)
Thursday: ham [...]
Posted in frugal living, homemaking, natural living on Nov 6th, 2009
This is a yummy air freshening spray that once again takes advantage of the powerful relationship between baking soda and vinegar! Simple, frugal, green, and smells fantastic!
Homemade Air Freshener
1 cup water
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 tablespoons white vinegar
10 drops lavender oil
Mix vinegar and baking soda until foaming stops. Add essential oil and then the water. Shake [...]