Have you ever considered making your own homemade laundry soap? Find any frugal or homesteading blog online and chances are you’ll discover a homemade laundry soap recipe. It’s nothing new. People have been making laundry soap for years and years. Actually, I hesitated actually putting a laundry soap recipe on my site for this very […]
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As we approach the end of the year, many of us find ourselves reflecting on our financial goals and contemplating ways to make the upcoming year even better. If saving money is on your list of resolutions, you’re in luck! There is a fantastic and easy-to-follow savings plan called the 52-Week Money Saving Challenge.
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Do you feel like you have cut your budget in every way possible and it still isn’t enough? Sometimes we feel like we have cut our budget as much as we can, yet there are still more bills than money coming in each month. It can be discouraging and disheartening. It can leave us feeling
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When shopping for the frugal household, it’s really important to save money where you can. Having a full pantry can help you with unnecessary trips to the grocery store and with food prices the way they are, you’ll want to find the cheapest groceries in the biggest quantities that you can. However, the question to
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I remember first hearing about The Great Depression in my high school history class. Even then, I found it hard to fathom what people went through during that time in history. Over the years as I’ve heard more stories, many of them now being told online, I was amazed at their resilience. By reading and
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A cheap family vacation can feel out of reach, but it isn’t impossible. My family and I have loved being able to travel a bit over the years, but we have never had much money to do anything too big or fancy. I have always been determined to travel regardless of our income level. As
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One of the things I often let get away from me is inviting people over for a meal. I don’t do it nearly as much as I want to. I sometimes struggle with coming up with inexpensive meals for large groups. I often let busyness get in the way, or I worry that the house
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There are so many ways to save money and by combining a variety of ways we can save a significant amount of cash. I love sharing tips and secrets of how to save money in the kitchen as I feel that is a place that anyone can really benefit from. However, there’s one other way
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We’ve changed quite a bit over the years as a society. Back in the day people made much of what they needed instead of running to the store. It was cheaper that way, and people had this amazing ability of creating many things from their own two hands. I think it’s safe to say
When the Great Depression hit, many people could barely afford food. People had to get very creative with what they did have. They had to make do. Because of their hard times we now can find recipes of The Great Depression to help us when we are on hard times. People make depression meals even
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