I love baking during the holidays. Many of my favorite cookie recipes including my rolled sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms, red velvet blossoms, molasses crinkles, sinfully cinnamon cookies, candy cane blossoms, peppermint sugar cookies, and gummy bear thumbprint sugar cookies call for colored decorating or sanding sugar for a more festive look. Regularly priced, colored […] More
I have been diapering my children for almost six years now. I started with disposables on my daughter but switched to cloth diapers full time when she was around three months old. With my son, I began using cloth but started using disposables part time during our eight months of travels back and forth from […] More
When I first read about using family cloth in “What’s the Deal with Family Cloth?” from Maman Loup’s Den last year, my initial reaction was, “Heck, no!” Why would I want to wash and reuse cloth wipes for the family toilet when I had perfectly good toilet paper? Then I started thinking. I already used […] More
To reduce my use of toxic chemicals in my home, I have switched to white vinegar for my daily cleaning needs in my kitchen. Not only is vinegar safer than conventional cleaning solutions, but using vinegar also helps keep the ants that invade my kitchen every summer at bay. Plus, I can safely keep the […] More
In recent months, I have been attempting both to save money and to reduce my use of toxic chemicals in my home. One household chore that can cost quite a bit of money while using quite a few toxic chemicals is my laundry. I do not use dryer sheets or other additives in my laundry, […] More
As a mama on a budget, I am all about saving money whenever possible. I have previously written about combining coupons with sales to save the most amount of money on a purchase. For the past couple of months, I have been using another method of getting the most bang for my buck. For my […] More
I love getting a rice bowl at Chipotle. However, eating out all the time starts to get expensive. So, when I was recently craving a rice bowl, I decided to make my own using ingredients that I already had at home. The best part of a Chipotle rice bowl is the cilantro lime rice. Since […] More
When I first switched to cloth diapers at the end of March, I decided to use Dreft laundry detergent to wash the dirty diapers. For the past five months, I have been using Dreft without any problems. I did strip my Best Bottom inserts once with a mixture of hot water, hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, and […] More
I come from a long line of frugal women. I think it is vital for people to consider learning how to save money as it can allow for large expenses to be paid for as well as giving you a backup for when money flow is at its lowest. After watching the television show Extreme […] More
My wife, Heather, and I have figured out a few tricks to help us save money on food. Our two biggest money wasters in terms of food came from eating out a lot and throwing away food that had gone bad. Other little things we were doing were also costing us money that could be […] More
Curtains are traditional decorations for windows that also provide privacy from the outside world as well as insulate the inside of a home from exterior temperatures. Making your own curtains is easy with these simple Frugal Friday instructions on how to make curtains. Unlike complicated curtains that require fancy pulls, self-designed curtains are basically just […] More
