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  1. garden pixy

    What did you do to save $ today?

    Made baby food puree from squash out of the garden, froze into cubes for small servings) and made reusable sandwich wraps and snack baggies for on the go lunches.
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    Minimum Amount of Clothing

    I don't limit to the quantity of clothes, each member of the house has about 24" of hang up space, one dresser and one rubbermaid tote for out of season stuff, we have small closets and small rooms so it's self-limiting. If you exceed your space something has to be donated until the new stuff...
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    in search of a perfect tea

    I sometimes add a tiny bit of mint to my tea blends to get that cool refreshing flavor, but not enough to even recognize the mint as a flavor, plus I always have soooooo much mint. lol.
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    in search of a perfect tea

    One of my favorite caffeine free tea blends it's spicy and sweet, I always enjoy it as is with no sweetener Ingredients: Red Rooibos, Chicory Root, Rosehips, Cinnamon, Peppermint, Lemongrass, Papaya, Chamomile, Anise Seed, Ginger root, Dandelion root, Orange peel, orange oil. Maybe curb some...
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    Your Parents.....and....

    My mother is one of 4 girls, they grew up in a beach town, in a nice house with a stay at home mom who had someone else to do the cooking and cleaning, the girls went to nice catholic schools and had a nanny to help with homework. My grandfather avoided his family by keeping busy working...
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    The Cast Iron Skillet supper thread - one pan wonders for busy folks.

    Leftover Chicken Fajitas :) Start with all chicken bits you can salvage from a previous chicken dinner (reserve carcass for stock) 1-2 sliced yellow onions 2-3 bell peppers, one green, one not tablespoon of cooking fat of choice 1/2 pint of homemade salsa tortillas sour cream Saute...
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    Spicy Red Pepper Jam

    make sweetener changes and go for it. from the food safety perspective, with that much vinegar it doesn't matter what combination of sweeteners you use, texture may be an issue but it is a dipping sauce and you aren't relying on it to set up like a jelly. I am planning to substitute dried thai...
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    Nine items that will probably disappear in our lifetime.

    DH had to do a head count in the car because we didn't want our toddlers who were bouncing off the walls about the 'baby shickys' to see the ones that didn't make it. It was sad that they were peeping on a shelf and no one bothered to call the number on the box. We even called the day before...
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    Nine items that will probably disappear in our lifetime.

    I personally get crappy service from my post office. I have had packages rubber banded to the outside of my mailbox in rainy weather. RARELY does she take the time to close my mailbox, so wet mail is frequent (good thing I don't actually rely on USPS for anything) Currently my mailbox is on...
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    Your TOP THREE favorite canning recipes? Mine now posted!

    For the ambitious canners... http://www.instructables.com/contest/canit/?show=INFO go for it. :D
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    Nine items that will probably disappear in our lifetime.

    1. The Post Office - I do just about everything online, paperless statements & bills, can't remember the last time I received something other than junk in the mail. Those advertising mailers, go straight to the trash. 2. The Check - lol. checks. Still have the free checks that we got when we...
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    Anyone doing anything FUN this Labor Day Weekend?

    Wait. It's labor day weekend?!?! *looks at calendar* my anniversary is tomorrow. i should do something about that, lol.
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    What do you WANT to learn to do?

    I'd like to learn to sew, i bought a sewing machine cheap but it's been sitting in my shed for almost a year now, lol. i'd also like to successfully bake bread, i have a book, i just haven't tried yet.
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    Irene's Thread

    holy crap. the power turned on at the exact second i hit send on that last one :weee
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    Irene's Thread

    Good for future reference, but acquiring a solar shower bag and the water to fill it may be more trouble than packing a bag and visiting someone with power, lol. Now i know for the next storm we need more wash water or we need a generator that can run our well pump and one to run our sump...
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    Irene's Thread

    Still without power, we have a generator running our sump, pumping the water out of our basement, it's been running every 15 minutes since around 4 am on Sunday. The freezer & refrigerator are also powered. No significant damage, some trees and branches, a couple sections of fence. We had...
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    Irene's Thread

    Still have power, it's been on & off all day (even before it started raining) We are in a tornado warning so we are all (me, DH, 2 kids & 2 dogs) settled on a mattress on the dining room floor next to the basement access. I have a basement bag by the door with shoes, leashes, cell phone among...
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    Irene's Thread

    I am in NJ, 20 miles inland, we are anticipating flooding, high winds and power outages, basically everything. We have a small generator to power the fridge/freezer/sump pump as necessary. We have 20 gallons of drinking water bottled up. The tub will get filled tomorrow, for flushing and...
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    Silly barn kitty.

    My sister took (staged) the one with the cat & the chick, she put the chick on the blind side so it would take the cat longer to figure out what was over there, lol. The cat and the pony are best friends, they snuggle all the time and play games. Cy likes to hide in the hay and jump out and...
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    Silly barn kitty.

    My mom's cat Cy, keeping his farm safe between cat naps.
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