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I inherited a 14 month old girl three days ago. I will be keeping her indefinately. My husband wasn't too happy when I said "we gotta go shop for her" yesterday. I told him she needs a crib, a changing table, a jacket, sleepers, onesies etc. I was so excited but could see he wasn't ready to...

Times are hard right now. The economy is down, the energy rates are up and people are just having a rough winter all around. I know there are a lot of unsung heros on this forum. I would like to hear what little things you do to help your neighbor. There is a story about a Michigan man who...

I know that most people on this forum are having it hard financially. I was just wondering something. Since you have discovered this forum have the tips and opinions helped you to spend less money? Before October of 2008 I was in a serious debt situation. I am sure that most of my financial...

Does anyone make homemade briquettes? I work at a place that uses tons of paper. I want to start using the shredded paper for making briquettes for my wood stove. I know that someone posted something about this and I watched youtube videos on this. You use paper, wood chips, saw dust...

Here in North Dakota we are sitting on about ten feet of snow in our yards. We expect to have heavy flooding when the snow melts in the spring. We are expecting the lake to come up three feet or more this spring, causing flooding in a vast majority of our area. What are your methods for...

I am not a person who airs my dirty laundry so to speak. I feel that I can trust all of you here and I don't know where else to turn. I have a problem with my sister and think that maybe you can help me. My sister is 11 months younger than me. She is highly intelligent, kind, generous to a...

After paying out my rear for propane last winter I decided to burn wood this winter. Well... I bought the woodstove, chimney and other essentials this summer, installed them, cut more wood than I have ever had the joy of cutting and am now happily burning wood for heat. I have a few questions...