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All of you are so creative! I have so many great ideas from this post. I love this site :love I love the old tank top idea for produce. I think I will use my daughters undershirts when she out grows them.

Thank you FC! I was just wondering last week what we should be doing to keep ours in tip top shape. We have used the stuff they sell in the stores a few times, ikes! Now we can do a better job and get a lint filter for our washer.

Thank you for sharing your great idea! I never would have thought of it and I have 2 packages of celery that need something done with them soon. We are in a produce co-op, so we get some things more than we would normally purchase on our own. You have saved me from wasting some great celery...

I love these thought provoking topics, beekissed! For us it is both as well. We started really looking at things in FL in late summer 2004, when our neighbors couldn't drink coffee made with out electricity. We started thinking about our lifestyle, how materialistic it was, how we wanted to...

I just joined two local co-ops with everything from soaps, make-up to meats, cheeses, honey, eggs and everything else in between. I also joined a produce co-op that a friend started. She has started a few local food co-ops and she does it by getting intouch with local farmers. I think that...

I am so glad to be on here learning again! I have spring fever so bad! Today I took my homemade yogart and added fresh strawberries and local honey. It turned out so nicely. I have a friend who makes her own yogart and has for several years and now I know why, it is cheaper and tastes great...

I second all that :bun

Wow, I haven't been on in quite a while. We haven't had internet in nearly 2 weeks, and to be honest I am a little sad that we have it back. We got so much done with out the temptation to turn the computer on! We changed providers and are saving $40 per month with the new provider. This...

Glad your DH is feeling better :)

Thanks for all the great messages of encouragement :hugs My youngest son turned 11 today :clap He is so great. He asked for a 2009 calendar and a football. I got the calendar for $1 on sale at the grocery store. It features a different dog each month and is a large wall calendar. He loves...

This is our 5th year homeschooling. I have one in 8th, one in 5th and one pre-K. We love having the kids at home, teaching them about "everyday" things. We are definately not "main stream" as we don't watch TV outside of one or two sporting events a year and occasionaly antiques road show on...

:Wal-mart and Target never seem to have Washing Soda, no matter the state. I get mine for $1.87 a box at a local chain called Crest. They sell quite a bit of it. You can ask a grocery store manager to order it for you and many times they will. Target and Wal-mart usually won't, though so you...

It is all frustrating, but just so you know, you aren't alone. Not just in this country but everywhere. I have lived outside the US and my brother currently lives out side of the US. If you ever think things are bad here, go online and read the papers from another country, expecially another...

You know, I haven't figured out why more people don't make their own laundry detergent either. I have passed this recipee on to more people than I can count. It works better than the store bought stuff, is great on the sensitive skin we have at my house and it is soooo cheap!! With the added...

this looks great. I may have to try it this weekend. I will let you know after we give it a try. It looks good, though :)

Hubby and I had a finanical meeting (something we have made a point to do at least once a week) and realized that our family has come up with so many ways to save money and pay off debts that I might be able to go to a part time job this fall!! I am so excited!! We just had our propane tank...

I turn the bags inside out and wash them. I leave them inside out to dry them and hang them over a wooden soon or some other utensil in the dish drain that sticks up a bit or over the top of a bottle or jar or something like that .. they dry faster (the part you want to use). I use lots of...

Keep us updated on the house, it sounds great. I hope it works out for you

I am so excited that you found all of the supplies! What a great idea - to make kits! :clap I never thought of that , but I think I will do it for a friend . .she is on the fence . . lol ;)

Quail - I am sorry that your sister had "the talk" with your kids. It can happen anywhere. We had it happen at church with another 4th grader between service and Sunday School a few years back. We homeschool as well and I agree that you should talk with your daughter about what your sister...