Simple Green Frugal Co-op has an article full of tips for saving money on groceries (and actually eating healthier at the same time). It's easy to cut your bill by eating cheap foods, but eating...
Last week, I got my first gas bill from my new apartment. I was shocked to see it was double what I'd paid at my old place, because I had a gas dryer in my former apartment. This one actually has...
It feels like companies are laying off employees right and left in this horrific economy where there aren't nearly enough jobs to go around. Some of the layoffs are due to the economy, but even...
So you just got a cool new cell phone plan or ordered new phone/cable/internet service at home, and the company who sold it to you promise a rebate would arrive in 4-6 weeks or you'd get a free...
Getting rid of clutter is wonderful, but sometimes you get overwhelmed, take a break, and end up accumulating more clutter before you can get back to the original clutter. Your cleaning effort...
Copper pots and pans are wonderful for cooking, but over time they can develop tarnish. While tarnish doesn’t affect their performance, it’s not pretty. It’s worth mentioning that the tarnish patina actually protects the copper from corrosion. If you can live with the look of the tarnish, you may want to just leave it alone and continue cleaning your cookware ...Read More
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If you can reach a spliter with a pair of tweezers, that’s a great way to get it out. But what if it’s not sticking up far enough above the skin to get hold of it? Some people recommend digging in after it with a needle. Even if you make sure the needle it sterilized with boiling water and alcohol ...Read More
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I recently had a physical. My routine bloodwork claim was completely denied by my health insurance carrier, which made me responsible for paying nearly $400. I called them to find out why, and got a surprising answer: the lab had simply used the wrong diagnostic code – if they would resubmit it with the right code, the claim would be ...Read More
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Sew Mama Sew has a lovely triad of wedding or party favor bags you can make yourself to save money or make use of coordinated fabric left over from other wedding decorations. They include a cone and two types of drawstring bags, all designed to be simple and quick to make, since you’ll probably need quite a few.
(I made a ...Read More
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I’ll be honest. Having never seen one of these things before, my first thought upon looking at this Feeling Stitchy tutorial was, “That doesn’t look convenient.” I thought you had to wrestle this little fabric cuff down over the corner of the page whenever you were done reading, which might be hard to do when you need to put your ...Read More
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One of the most stressful parts of being human is dealing with conflict. Most people don’t like it, and will take a considerable amount of crap before getting into a conflict about it. We put up with difficult personalities, particularly at work where we have no choice. Or the people who bill us and schedule our appointments and do paid ...Read More
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ZakkaLife has a great, simple suggestion for organizing a notebook you carry around to jot ideas in. This got me thinking.
Different brains have different working styles, so what appeals to one person’s sense of organization may not appeal to another. Here are some things I’ve tried over the years that may work for you:
Tabs. I’ve used a system like the ...Read More Posted in Do It Yourself, Organization 1 Comment »
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