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I grew up without a TV and really , it was great . We read or played inside when the weather was bad . To this day I'm a bookaholic . When it was nice we played outside or played in the barn. I would toss ours now if the hubby would allow. Even when I watch TV , I can't just sit and stare at...

Ours become dwarf hamster play tubes.

Hi kevin , welcome ! I'm envying your bees ! Maybe that'll be my next project. I drool every time I see the neighbour behind us beehives.

Colored cellophane would be pretty tied up with a bow .

Yes very much like cob ! Isn't the glass awesome looking?

Wiping everything down with bleach water may help as well .

This is my favorite off -grid house. Check these out. Very cool ! I'd love , love to build one of these! Earthships Solar , grey water recycling, rain water collection, indoor garden , made from recycled materials, glass bottles, old tires, etc.

Here's another bread recipe, no yeast needed and no starter to keep going. The beer gives it that yeasty bread taste even though it has no yeast. Best of all , no kneading , and no waiting for bread to rise. Beer Bread 12 ounce can beer 3 cups SIFTED self rising flour ( add 3 t baking...

Tea tree oil is a natural anti dandruff substance . You can buy shampoos with it in there or buy the tea tree oil and mix it with your own shampoo in a 5 percent concentration aka 1 ounce of tea tree oil for every 20 ounces of shampoo. This tip was given to me by a cosmetologist friend...

Quail_Antwerp wrote This is how I know winter is coming , I get the urge to go buy yarn and books ! It's already hit this year , lol

Wide mouth jars are great because they are so easy to pack , so when i buy new, I buy wide mouths, but most of my canning jars were inherited ( yay , free ) and are narrow mouthed.

As someone who comes from an amish family ( my dad was a lil amish boy whose whole immediate family , siblings and parents left the Amish church when he was 16 :P and I have many amish aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) they really have most of the conveniences we do barring television, computer...

I have 5 kids and we got alot of the " Don't you know what causes that business " with our 5th. My favorite response to that was " Yes, but apparently I haven't stopped doing it yet ! " Shut em up every time :D

When I was in junior high we had a class called " practical business" We learned to keep a check book, maintain a budget , etc. We had a class "spouse" , so many kids per couple which varied , a budget , bank account and certain things to " buy ". You had to write checks to pay each bill ...

Coffee and chocolate ! :P