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Uses for Post-It Notes

This guide is about uses for post-it notes. Sticky notes can be handy in many ways around the home and office.

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Getting Out of an Abusive Relationship

I am 23 years old and have an 18 month old daughter. I am living with my daughter's father who is 45. I know it sounds crazy, but I loved him at some point. We have been together for almost 4 years now.

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Can Cooking on the Deadwood Stove

Can Cooking on the Deadwood Stove

Save your valuable cooking fuel for winter or emergencies. I saw Polish sausage marked down today to $1 each (from over $3.50) so got one and can cooked it with a pack of beef wieners with a few drops of Worcestershire sauce.

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My Frugal Life: Buddha's Example

The Gautama Buddha, over 25 centuries ago, commended frugality. As an example, he taught the first monks and nuns to make their robes from "pure cloth" that is cloth that no one wanted.

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Making Family Time Capsules

Here is my "fun project" for the entire family. I find this to be great fun, we have done this 3 or 4 times. If I am doing any sort of remodeling where we have to open a wall, I always put a "time capsule" in the wall before closing it up again.

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Planning a Memorial Service

Planning a Memorial Service

This guide is about planning a memorial service. In times of loss it often is a challenge to arrange a tribute for a loved one.

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Defining Elderly

How do you define elderly? At what state of you life do you become elderly?

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Ideas for a Simple Thrifty Memorial

I would like to have a memorial for my husband in his home town. The problem is that I don't have much money. I no longer live in Washington state, but across the border in Oregon. I have no car, but my son has Sunday off and can drive me there on that day. Any suggestions?

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Rearrange Furniture To Relieve Stress

When under a lot of stress, I take to rearranging my furniture and decorative pieces. It is calming and a distraction from whatever is creating stress in my life at that particular moment.

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Sea Salt on Wooden Table

Salt of the Land

When it comes to one product with the most household uses, vinegar makes a nice showing but table salt comes out on top. From cooking to cleaning, there's a large list of uses for the cheaply priced mineral. It's no wonder wars broke out because of it.

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Do What You Can

"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." It always makes me stop and think about what I want to do and if I can accomplish it without having to buy anything for the project.

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A Happy Home Recipe

This isn't a real recipe that you cook. It is a humorous and cute recipe about family!

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My Frugal Life: Restocking And Organizing My Pantry

My Frugal Life: Restocking And Organizing My PantryNo, I didn't run out of groceries and have to restock. What I mean is that when I come home from shopping, I have decided to restock my shelves in somewhat the same manner that the stores do.


My Frugal Life: Thrifty Grandmas Stay With You Forever

My Frugal Life: Thrifty Grandmas Stay With You ForeverGrandma was born in 1895 and raised 6 children on her own after her no-good husband ran off. This was long before the days of Social Security. She had lived through some really hard times, and she taught me so much, it still makes me smile.


My Frugal Life: Composting Indoors

My Frugal Life: Composting IndoorsWith all new ideas, I make a point to weigh the amount my time that they will cost against the benefits. Here is just one thing that I have been trying around my house this year: I started an indoor composting worm bin, which I keep in our basement.


My Frugal Life: Of Chickens, Dogs, and Fences

My Frugal Life: Of Chickens, Dogs, and FencesThe rooster terrorizes the entire family, save myself and my husband. Yesterday, I had to drive home to let Mom and my daughter in the house because Phoenix had jumped down and refused to let them in the house.