Beef Taquitos from Leftover Roast
Ill buy a large rib-eye once in a while. Ill pan broil it, and then we divide it into thirds, and my husband and I will each have a steak. In a day or two, well cut up the last third and make fajitas. We keep flour tortillas most of the time, and well add sour...
Learning to Love My Season
Good for you! I bought a khaki skirt at a thrift shop that was real khaki, not just-khaki-colored cloth, and then went around the corner to a mens resale shop and bought a nice Gant shirt. I wore that on my first day of teaching college English. I figured my...
Morning Visitor (Rabbit)
We have rabbits in our back yard occasionally, too, Judy. Ive thrown lettuce out for them, and our kitties love to watch them through the glass doors. Cats are strictly indoors. I see your name here so often that I feel like I know you. We seem to like the...
Raising a Non-Picky Child
Heres another of him and his cousin that day, and an updated one (I call them the bearded ones now.
Raising a Non-Picky Child
I never really liked broccoli, but Id eat it. Same with cauliflower and a lot of other green vegetables. Then, I had my allergies tested and found out I was allergic to both of them and even celery. For a while, I could only eat asparagus and lettuce. So certain...
Raising a Non-Picky Child
I like this idea, but I never had to use it with my son. One time, we werent eating at the table, and I served up our plates so we could watch a TV show. I got him and my husband served, and I finally got to sit down. Before I could even get a fork into my...
Raising a Non-Picky Child
I think this is a good idea. Also, kids get hungry when you eat later than normal, which makes them fussy. I never told my son not to eat something because it would spoil your dinner. I had a neighbor, nearly 50 years ago, who would make her little children...
Using Scented Perfume Samples
I keep those catalogs on a chest of drawers in my master bedroom closet and open new ones every day or so. Makes the closet smell nice and give me a chance to decide if Id like to try the perfume myself.
Asking My Mom to Let Me Shave?
There is light at the end of the tunnel. I shaved under my arms every day from the time I was 13. Skipping a day was uncomfortable. Then, a few years back, I realized there wasnt much hair under my arms anymore, and what was there was so clear and silky that...
My John Deere Riding Mower Won't Stay Running?
Have you had it serviced recently? Weve had a John Deere for nearly 20 years, and we have to have them come get it and service it at least every 2 years.
Statistics Homework Help?
I shudder when I think about taking statistics in college. I might have been able to do this about 40 years ago, but not anymore. Does your school have a math lab where you can go for extra tutoring? I used to teach college English and I held office hours for...
Go-Go Boots
I was in the 9th grade when go-go boots were popular, and my boyfriend gave me a pair for Christmas that year. I absolutely wore them out. What I really wanted though, were knee-high leather boots. I thought they were beautiful, and still do. One of the first...
Go-Go Boots
I have clothes now that are 15-20 years old that I still wear. I couldnt care less about fads, but Im old. But shoes for kids cant possibly pass the test of time. Kids wear out their shoes or outgrow them, and they still have to have them. So having go-go boots...
Getting Hair Back to Natural Color After Highlighting?
I streak my light brown hair to get blonde highlights, and I know that 13 minutes is the exact time to leave it on. Once in a while, Ill leave the mixture on too long, and Ill have yellow streaks. When that happens, I buy some Fanciful setting mouse in a slightly...
Selling Antique and Collectible China?
If I had a daughter who was getting married, Id recommend that she not register for china. For one thing, tastes change as we get older, and for another people dont give fancy dinner parties as much as they used to. I didnt register for china for either of...
Waiving Late Fees
Because our income from my husbands business can be sporadic, there is sometimes no money to keep a bill from being paid late. Ive found that if I call the bank or utility or whatever, I can usually get any late fees waived. The thing to remember is the person...
Keep Your Wedding Simple
I wore a light blue dress with a pinafore that had yellow rosebud sprigs on it. Nowadays, I think the bride should wear whatever color she wants, but back then, wearing white for a second wedding was not something we considered. Ive always joked that if I get...
Keep Your Wedding Simple
My mother made my first dress. It was 1971 and I had the three- puffed Juliet sleeves with lace around each puff. She was so proud of those sleeves that she displayed one of the professional photos that showed them off. I looked cross-eyed, but she wanted those...
Create Bouncy Curls with Cardboard Tubes
When my hair was long, in the early 70s, I used orange juice cans and TP rolls, and eventually, as it got longer, beer cans. It took hours for my hair to dry, but I wanted to straighten my curly hair. One day, I stepped outside my apartment door with all those...
Social Security Survivor Benefits?
https://www.creators.com/read/your-social-security If you cant go to a SS office, you might contact Tom Margenau.
Replacing Stretched Out Elastic in a Waistband?
Is there enough fabric to just cut the waistband completely off and turn down the top to create a new one? Ive done that with flannel pants that are perfectly good except that the elastic is stretched out.
Wrangling Plastic Grocery Bags
I recycle most of the plastic bags that come in. I use reusable cloth ones for groceries, but my husband forgets to take them, and I cant always catch him before he goes to the store. I include the newspaper bags, but Ive kept a few for shoes when we travel...
Ideas for Gaining Weight?
Definitely check with your doctor, as others here have said. Ive never had that problem, but my brother used to. Hed fill up a big glass with ice cream and pour Coke or Dr Pepper over that and drink it right before bed to keep from losing weight. That was years...
A Hundred Dollar For A Family of Four
Have you tried finding a better-paying job, doing what youre doing now? Eight years is a long time to wait for a promotion. If you got a better offer from another company, your present company might realize that theyd better try to keep you. I wish I could...
Making A Memory Board From Packing Materials
Now Ill hang onto those styrofoam sheets. You can also use the cardboard that fabric is wrapped around. The fabric stores will usually give them to you, since they arent re-used. They are nice to display all the loose photos that seem to accumulate.
Removing VHS Tapes from Their Cases?
When we were still using a VCR, Id occasionally have a tape that would break off the spindle. Id take the tape apart with a tiny screwdriver from a glasses repair kit, retape the broken beginning to the spindle, and then put the whole thing back together. If...
Ferrero Rocher Golden Snitch (Harry Potter)
I attended a Harry Potter themed reveal/baby shower a couple of years ago. The reveal was a knitted mandrake pulled out of a flower pot, and it was wearing a blue t-shirt. It was a church where the dads mom is pastor, and her mom is a party planner. The whole...
Use a Blanket as a Christmas Tree Skirt
I knitted the tree skirt for my biggest tree, made one out of mattress ticking for my kitchen tree that has mattress ticking ornaments, and for the little tree I use in my dining room, I have an old apron one of my aunts had with poinsettias printed on it. It...
Use Costume Jewelry as Mini Ornaments
I have a mini-tree, and Ive used old Christmas earrings to decorate it. I use pearl lights on my kitchen tree, and when they burn out (theyre white) I paint them with red nail polish and hang them on the mini-tree. Somewhere, I acquired a bunch of tiny teddy...
Use Costume Jewelry as Mini Ornaments
Youre welcome! Sorry Im just now seeing this. My family jokes that if I like something, I either frame it or hang it on the Christmas tree.
Using Yarn Scraps for Crochet Afghans
If you havent already, check into log-cabin knitting. You knit rectangles and join them together. Its a great way to use up smidgens of yarn. I found the pattern in Mason-Dixon Knitting. Sometimes Ill join two strands of different yarn together to create a...
Toning Down Blonde Highlights?
I put highlights in my light brown hair every couple of months, usually right after I get it cut. I know that I need to leave the mixture on for exactly 13 minutes before washing it out, but once in a while, Ill leave it on for a few minutes too long. Then...
Remedy for Hair Damaged by a Relaxer?
Years ago, when I had long hair, I tried everything to heal the split ends, but quite honestly, the only thing that helped was cutting them off. Think of it this way--its just hair and it will grow out, so why not get a haircut and cut off the damage. I have...
Holiday Assistance for Struggling Families
I could title this, Why I Believe in Santa, I guess. A long time ago, probably 30 years or so, our church would adopt several families at Christmastime, through a city organization that did the screening. Wed ask for lists of things that everyone wanted, and...
Paying with Coins at Self-Check Out
I let change accumulate from my husband and every so often, Ill take a bag of coins to Coinstar, but I get an Amazon ecard, which doesnt charge me anything. We constantly order off Amazon, so its great for us.
My To Go List for Traveling
I dont travel a lot, but Ive found that the older I get, the more stuff I need to take with me. Ive got a list on my computer now that I can refer to or print out. I still managed to forget dental floss when I was house-sitting for my son a couple of weeks...
My To Go List for Traveling
Its on my list, too, but I still managed to forget it. Other than when I had knee replacement 3 years ago and was too out of it to care, I havent missed a day flossing in over 30 years.
Saving Money on Wedding Favors
Oriental Trading might be a good place to find wedding favors, too. Ive used them for graduation party favors and for craft ideas for Vacation Bible School.
Save Ribbon from Shopping Bag for Crafting
I like to save ribbon, too, and I sometimes paint it with acryic paint.
TV: The Thief of Time
My husband and I enjoy our TV, too. Im selective about the programs I watch, and I DVR everything so that I can fast-forward through commercials. I also enjoy reading (have an M.A. in English), crafts, sewing, etc. I really like the crafts I can do while watching...
Why Is My Lilac Bush Not Growing?
Ive always loved lilacs--even carried a basket of lilacs in my first wedding, so I planted a bush at our last house. It was right outside the front door, and I checked it constantly. If I recall correctly, I dont think it bloomed the first year, but then it...
Starr Jennyanydots (Tabby)
Thanks! She can be the sweetest little softy, and then turn around and try to bite me if she wants to get down. Shell carry one of her toys around and Ill hear her growling, like her brother might be trying to take it away, but hes nowhere near. I think she...
Starr Jennyanydots (Tabby)
I will, thanks! She plays a game by cuddling with me, purring like a little buzzsaw, running off, and then repeating that until she gets tired, and then shell throw herself back in my arms and go to sleep, letting me hold her like a baby.
Starr Jennyanydots (Tabby)
Starr is two now. Shes still a sweet, cuddly kitty, but Ive learned not to turn my back on her when Im on the phone. Shell try to climb me!
Starr Jennyanydots (Tabby)
Oh yes. She and her brother Harvey, who is a panda tabby, are the light of our lives. Harvey weighs 20 lbs. while Starr weighs about 11. I have to keep her food away from him.
Saving Money on Dental Visits
Other than the time I was in the hospital for knee replacement and totally out of it on pain meds, I havent missed a day flossing in about 30 years. For people who say they cant get in the habit of flossing, I say: Make yourself floss every day for a month...
Simple Memories of Simple Moments
Thanks for sharing such a sweet story. Scents can hold such wonderful, sweet, and interesting memories. Even though my son is 33 now, I can still remember his sweet baby smell. (And the Axe stuff he used to bathe himself in as a teen.) On a funnier note, when...
Saving Money on Dental Visits
I use xylitol for sweetening coffee, and sometimes for cooking. I found it cheaper on Amazon than in the stories, but its still pretty expensive. Sometimes the ingredients in toothpaste will say xylitol.
Replacing Your Watch Battery
I have a scale that uses watch-type batteries, and for a while I was going to a local jewelry store to replace them--at about $6-7 a pop. I decided to check on Amazon, and got several of them for a lot cheaper.
Cashing In Pocket Change
Unfortunately, our local Kroger, where I do most of my grocery shopping, is now charging something like 10 cents per dollar to use the Coinstar. Since theres just the two of us, I seldom go to the big-box stores anymore.
Stack Mats for Indoor Exercise
I like to do Leslie Sansones In-Home Walking using DVDs or youtube, but my running shoes tended to get caught in our pile carpet. I damaged my knee to the point that I had to get knee replacement 3 years ago. Ive finally started walking again, after recovering...
Cashing In Pocket Change
I think it is a guy thing. He used to make fun of me for digging for exact change instead of just handing bills to the cashier, and, of course, getting more change in the process. I told him it made my purse lighter, getting rid of heavy coins. Now, I use my...
Wash New Colored T-shirt Separately
Since my husband and I both wear red quite a bit, I wash everything red or orange or maroon together. After a while, the red wont run anymore and if necessary, Ill throw an old red item in with regular perma-pressed things that are washed on cold. I once washed...
Being Frugal Around My Home
Should you be getting child support for your children? Or, if your husband is deceased, there might be some kind of help from Social Security. I agree with somebody else who said you should check out food stamps, too.
Uses for Worn Towels with Frayed Edges?
When bath towels get frayed around the edges, I cut them into four or six pieces. Then I go through my fabric stash and make bias binding, using matching or coordinating colors. Recently, my kitchen hand towels were getting worn out, so I cut some bias binding...
Reusing a Mattress Topper
I use old mattress toppers when Im making purses and tote bags. It doesnt matter if theyre worn or stained, because theyre hidden by the outer fabric, and it gives a nice quilted effect. I finally used up all the crib toppers that I had with my son, and I need...
Identifying a Porcelain Doll?
My mother-in-law took classes in doll-making and this one looks like some of the dolls she made. It might be a home-made doll.
Value of Standard Education Society Encyclopedias?
Sadly, not very much, since everything is available on the internet. You might check with a used book store.
Clean Fridge And Freezer Interior With Peroxide
We have white carpet (I know, what was I thinking???) and I keep a spray bottle thats half water/half peroxide for spot cleaning. When I had my carpets professionally cleaned a few years ago, the guy told me the best thing to use on carpets was tap water. We...
Craft Stores for New T-Shirts
Yes! I dont miss working, but Im still far behind in things I need to do.
Making Foaming Hand Soap?
I put the bits and pieces of used bar soap in a mason jar with water, let that set for awhile, and then refill my other liquid hand soap containers, some foaming and some not. Ive found that adding a little bit of dishwashing soap like Dawn keeps it from getting...
Lids, Lids, Glorious Lids!
Since our cat only eats a half can of wet food every day (she also gets dry food), I need to store the other half can in the fridge. I found that plastic lids from nuts (try salt & vinegar almonds!) fit the cans perfectly.
Lids, Lids, Glorious Lids!
My husband keeps a plastic lid under the shaving cream container by his sink. Keeps the bottom from rusting and staining the countertop.
Reusing Picture Frames
I like to refurbish old picture frames, too. Even old rusty metal frames can be painted with acrylic paint for an antique look. Ive put lace or lacy hem binding around the edges of wooden frames and gessoed or painted over it to give a carved look. Ill use...
Creating Calendar Page Wall Art?
I used Modge Podge on a large photo from an old calendar, putting it on a mat board first. It gives it the illusion of an oil painting. I even signed it with the photographers name. An ebay frame painted black fit it perfectly.
Make Boxed Cake Taste Homemade
The few times Ive made homemade cakes, they were dry, so I prefer getting help from Betty and Duncan anyway. :) I do plan to use butter instead of oil from now on. The only oil I use is olive or coconut, and somehow I dont think olive oil would taste good in...
Don't Be Shy Using Coins and Coupons
My husband wont spend change, so Ive been getting it, rolling it up, and then cashing it in with Coinstar or dealing with the hassle of taking it to the bank. With Coinstar, Id use it as a big coupon at the grocery. At first, it was about a 7-cent charge per...
Don't Be Shy Using Coins and Coupons
I always watch the coin slot as Im finishing up, because Ive had coins kicked back that went through a second time. If somebody doesnt use Amazon, this wouldnt matter to them, but we use it constantly. Just this week, my husband came home and said a certain...
Don't Be Shy Using Coins and Coupons
Stores not only get reimbursed, they make money on each coupon. It used to be 7 cents each. Instead of using Coinstar to get a store coupon, I put it on my Amazon account, which doesnt cost anything. I order from Amazon almost weekly.
Keeping Kids' Toys to a Minimum
I rotated my sons toys in 3 sections. Then, as he got older and outgrew some of the plastic baby-type toys, hed have his own mini-porch sale for the neighborhood kids. Some toys he was attached to and some he never played with. Id have never made him give away...
Save Trees and Money by Reducing Toilet Paper
We found bidets on Groupon or Daily Sale. They were less than $50 and easy to install.
Uses for a Toothbrush Container
You should only be using soft bristle toothbrushes all the time. Hard bristles are bad for your enamel. Growing up, hard bristles were the only kind my mother bought, and they never took us to the dentist. Now, even though I switched to soft well over 40 years...
DIY Coin Holder
I used to take coins to a Coinstar at my grocery store. Id cash them in and get a receipt that I used like a coupon, but they charged 7 cents per dollar to do this. Lately, I think theyve gone up to 10 or 11 cents. Lately, I found out that you can cash in your...
Fixing an Old Tupperware Lid
I think Tupperware guarantees their products for life, so you might check with a local Tupperware dealer and see if a replacement might be free.
Our Throwaway Society
But lets please not resurrect the clean plate club. I believe that is one of the root causes of the obesity epidemic in this country. Its hard for me, but Im trying to always leave a bit of food on my plate, rather than thinking I have to eat it all. Better...
Our Throwaway Society
Ive got a cabinet full of those reusable containers (lunch meat came in them). I do wish theyd stop changing the shapes, though, because Ill have to go through several containers to find the right lids at times. Ive started marking the matching lids/containers...
Our Throwaway Society
Dont even try to change him. Ill dig recyclable stuff out of the trash every week that my husband has tossed. Ill hang the reusable grocery bags on the doorknob when hes going to the store, but hell still forget to use them and drag home a bunch more plastic...
Shop After Christmas for Discounts
I used to hit the Hallmark stores the day or two after Christmas and buy their cute ornaments at 40-50% off. However, they got so expensive, that even with the discount it was too much. I try to make a new one every year, either from a craft kit or a counted...
Buy Close Outs To Try New Foods
I use coconut oil for oil pulling. If you put about a tablespoon in your mouth and swish it around for 15-20 minutes, then spit it out (not down the drain!) into a papertowel or outside, it draws toxins out of your mouth and throat, and it helps whiten your...
Removing Stuck-on Labels
I spray those with cooking spray and let them set a while. Goo-Gone works, and sometimes Ill use an old white eraser to rub off the last bits of residue.
The Christmas Tree Grinch
My mother would go out in the country and find an old ugly cedar tree every year. Sometimes it would even have bagworms! Yuck! I hated those trees. When I had my first apartment at 18, I took a temp job on a Saturday and made something like $15 (It was 1969...
Quick Temporary Hem Fix
We called that the secretarys trick back when I wore skirts and dresses to work. A stapler can work in a pinch, but put the pointy ends to the right side, not the inside or you might get scratched.
The Christmas Tree Grinch
I tried to give my son great memories of Christmas, and the one Christmas, when he was about 13 that we spent away from home with in-laws, was a big disappointment to us all. He told us later that it just didnt seem like Christmas to him. A few years ago, things...
The Christmas Tree Grinch
Just realized I cant edit once I post something. I should have added that we always have presents under the tree, though some years the floor may be covered and in other years, there wont be quite so many. One year I wrapped up cash that wed gotten as a nice...
Stretching the Value of a Dollar
When it comes to buying Christmas gifts, we slowly, over the years, stopped exchanging gifts with any and everybody. There was no need to load our parents down with more junky dustcatchers, but we did. (Lately, my MIL has been getting even by giving us everything...
Store Flour in Freezer
Freezing flour keeps the bugs from getting in. Ive kept my flour in the freezer, along with other flours besides AP, cornmeal, pancake mix, and Bisquick. I started doing this when I got my first bread machine about 30 years ago. They recommended using ingredients...
Rocks To Keep Eggs Upright While Boiling
I love having boiled eggs on hand, and recently Ive been baking them. I put a dozen eggs (room temperature) in a muffin pan (no water), and bake at 325 for 30 minutes. When cooled, I crack and roll them between my hands, and then peel them under running water...
How to Survive Weeks in an Arm Sling
I fell in the bathroom and fractured my shoulder back in February, had shoulder replacement in March, and was in a sling for about 6 weeks. I was so glad to give that up. The skin around the surgery got very dry and flaky, so I used Pretty Feet and Hands cream...
Halloween Rice Balls
I had a Japanese student in an English class several years ago. For her demonstration essay, she wrote about how to make these rice balls, and she brought some to class for everyone to sample. They were delicious!
Replacement Lid for a Mini Crockpot
I love the idea of shopping in your own house to find things you need or to solve problems. Somehow, I wound up with two crockpot lids, although I only had one at the time. Dont know where the other came from. I took it to church and asked around--no luck. One...
Increase your Vocabulary
A good way to increase your vocabulary is to read good poetry out loud. Good, classic poetry, not the internet glurge (barf) where somebody who thinks rhyming they and they say makes him or her a poet. T.S. Eliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, E.A. Robinson, Countee...
Argiope ~ The Writing Spider
I call those spiders golden orbs, and I wish I had a bunch of them around my house. The only story I ever heard about them was that theyd sometimes write Mary in their webs for the Virgin Mary. So far, Ive never seen one do that. Ive never heard of them biting...
Brother-in-Law Invites Self to Dinner Every Night?
I know this question is a couple of years old, but I hope you stopped cooking for this freeloader. If somebody repeatedly asked me what was for dinner, Id say, Whatever you want to fix. My son made the mistake, when he was probably 10-12, of telling me it was...
What's in Your Bottled Water?
I dont buy bottled water unless its absolutely necessary. Our home water is filtered twice, so we dont use a Brita at home. I do take one with us when we travel. Its easy to pack and you can stuff it with other things. Ive found very few places where I like...
Mason Jar Storage
I make a special herbal tea every morning. Cumin, coriander, fennel, and fenugreek. I keep small Mason jars by the stove to hold small amounts of them.
Please, Share Your Memories
I grew up in the 50s in Texas, but my family lived like it was the 30s. No indoor plumbing except for cold water in the kitchen sink, and though I dont really remember, we didnt have electricity until I was about 5, I think. I think the cold water in the sink...
Please, Share Your Memories
My fathers side of the family was, in a word, strange. According to family lore, my grandfather was only his final exams away from having his teaching degree, probably in the last part of the 1890s, but for some reason he never finished. My grandmother also...
Thrifty Regrets
I think of thrifty and frugal as about the same. Remember The Frugal Gourmet? The idea of frugal is using everything up and not wasting anything. Stingy is the word that describes people who do without or make their families do without necessities while theyre...
Thrifty Regrets
Money cant buy happiness, but the lack of money can certainly make you unhappy. Ive been poor and Ive been comfortable, and I much prefer comfortable.
Thrifty Regrets
When my husbands income was unexpectedly cut in half, suddenly I was being harrassed by creditors, not because I wasnt paying something, but because I couldnt make the minimum payments all the time. That made me VERY unhappy. I was working a temp job, but about...
Thrifty Regrets
Anonymous, I am so sorry for your unimaginable losses. My heart goes out to you. I raised my son in the exact opposite way from my parents. I didnt even go to my fathers funeral. I told the young pastor, a family member, who was going to do the service that...
Using Address Labels
Ive got enough of these to last for the next 100 years, so I use them like tape when Im sewing or preparing a picture to mat--anytime I need a temporary adhesive.
Add Contact Information to iPhone Lock Screen
I add ICE in front of my husbands and sons names. (In case of emergency.
Send Home Leftovers in Recycled Plastic Takeout Containers
I use these to take to potlucks. That way, I dont mind whether I take it home with me or not. A lot of the deli meat I buy comes in disposable Rubbermaid containers, so I save those for leftovers and for sending home with guests at Thanksgiving or other get...
Developing a Frugal Lifestyle
I consider myself an organized pack rat, while my husband is a cluttery pack rat. My son is the king of all pack rats, but thats his wifes problem now. Several years ago, I decided to stop buying anything except groceries and necessary items of clothing. At...
Matching Glassware is Unnecessary
My favorite tall, clear glasses come from the dollar store. I probably buy about 4 new ones a year because they break. I got beautiful crystal when I got married, only to have my husband complain that they didnt hold enough. I bought beer mugs with handles...
Donating Fabric?
If you sew, you might use the fabric to make a small clutch bag to go with your dress. You can find patterns on-line. One of my favorite and prettiest purses was made from an old skirt.
5-Spotted Hawk Moth
Update: My butterfly expert friend told me that this isnt a deaths head, though its in the same family. Its a 5-spotted hawk moth. But if you enlarge the picture, youll see the skull.
Father Comes Over Unannounced?
No, it is not right. I have a married son and Id never, ever barge in on him and his wife. Your father should remember what it is like to be a young couple who wants to be alone at times. I dont know if youve ever seen the TV show Sex and the City, but one...
Keep Instruction Manuals and Receipts Handy
After our water heater went out, I managed to find the original paperwork and warranty, but when we got the replacement, I put everything, receipts, manual, etc., in a plastic bag and tacked it to the nearby wall.
Oil Pulling for Dental Health
Ive been oil pulling for 3 or 4 years, using coconut oil. To make it easier and less messy, I have a small plastic ice tray left over from a mini-fridge that I pour the oil into. I put it in the fridge until the oil hardens, and then I put the oil cubes in...
Recycle Your Own Bottles and Cans
Years ago, in Texas, we had places where you could take recycled cans and the machine would give you money. My son was all gung-ho to pick up cans and do this, so we saved for months, keeping the cans but recycling the glass in our regular bin. I warned him...
Reusable Container Instead of Sandwich Baggies
I save all those containers, use them for leftovers, and they are great to have at Thanksgiving when I want to send food home with people. I dont care if I get them back or not. Ive started marking them so its easy to find a matching lid. I use one with a green...
Memories of a Thrifty Love Story
When we were married almost 2 years, we were living in my husbands hometown and struggling to get by on my legal secretarys salary and his small business. For Valentines Day, he got me a bunch of Chunky chocolate bars. This was back when there were Chunky bars...
A Different Perspective On Wart Removal
My grandfather used to buy warts. I never had one but my sister-in-law had a couple on her hand. He asked her what she wanted for them and she said a dollar. He gave her $1 and the warts were gone in a few days.
Splitting a Paper Match for Two Uses
There was a TV show a few years ago called Extreme Cheapskates. There was a couple who showered together and used the same shampoo, literally. Shed lather up and then hed use the lather on his head. Then, gross, gross, gross--they used the same toothbrush and...
Splitting a Paper Match for Two Uses
Bwahahaha! Reminds me a naughty little rhyme my ex-husband used to say: Here I sit all broken-hearted. Paid a dime to s*** and only f*****. Glad hes my ex.
