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Milk Jug Uses In My Kitchen
DIY Milk Jug Uses In My Kitchen Right Now! It’s milk jug week and here are 3 of my own quick and handy DIY milk jug creations you can find in my kitchen right now. 1. DIY milk jug large kitchen utensils holders (pictured above). You can store spatulas, whisks, wooden spoons, and other cooking utensils upright in empty milk jugs and free up drawer space. 2. DIY milk jug storage for rice, beans, oats, other grains: Label with a Sharpie or wet erase marker. If you need cooking directions, cut them off the package and tape to the milk jug (just like the barley in the photo). These are wonderful storage containers,…
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The House That Milk Jugs Built
The House That Milk Jugs Built My husband started a running joke in our house about my use of empty milk jugs. He says that ours is “the house that milk jugs built”! If you look around my house you’ll see all kinds of things made from milk jugs. Here’s why. Many years ago, I read an article about uses for empty milk jugs. It’s been so long, I don’t remember if it was online or in a magazine. The point is that reading this article made me realize that all the empty food and drink containers I throw away are containers I could be reusing for other things. …
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Switching Diaper Sizes for In Between Babies
How do you use up small diapers when your baby is in-between sizes?
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Frugal Easter Baskets
Frugal Easter Baskets Here is how I made 2 cute frugal Easter baskets for my kids while keeping the costs down (hurray Walmart for the supplies; some of you who have Walgreens and CVS may do better finding your deals there). The supplies: · Easter grass x 2 bags = $2.00 · Plastic Easter eggs 48pk =$1.68 · 2 wicker baskets = $0.00 · Jelly beans (in eggs)= $ .50 · Chocolate bunny = $ .94 · Easter jump rope = $1.00 · Mini pastel bibles x2 = $4.94 · Pennies (inside eggs) = $ .14 · Bunny = $0.00 Total cost of supplies for 2 Easter baskets = $11.20.…
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Dealing With High Fuel Prices Pt 3: Walking to Work {Recession Series 2008}
Dealing With High Fuel Prices Part 3: Walking to Work My husband walked to work each day this week. 2.6 miles there, 2.6 miles back. And I forgot to mention, we live in Alaska. Yesterday it was minus 5° F! Did you miss Dealing with High Fuel Prices Part 2? Read it first! This idea was born from our brainstorm of ways to cut down the fuel expense in our monthly budget. My husband comes home for lunch every day, and we thought packing a lunch a few days a week would eliminate the extra driving. Well, that evolved into the idea of just walking to and from work a…
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Dealing with High Fuel Prices Pt 2: The Real Cost of Driving {Recession Series 2008}
Dealing with High Fuel Prices: The Real Cost of Driving How much does it really cost to drive your car? I mean in actual dollars and cents, a hard, specific, tangible number, how many cents does each mile cost you? Let’s figure out the real cost of driving to help your family’s frugal budget. Did you miss Dealing With High Fuel Prices part 1? Read it now before you go on! In the great fuel-cost-reduction brainstorm that happened in my house last week, a real number emerged. From the usual amount of miles we’ve been able to drive on one tank of gas, and the current prices of fuel in…
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14 Ways to Save Money on Hotel Costs: The Ultimate Guide to Traveling for Less
Our travel tips can help you budget for your next vacation to save money on hotel costs. Hotels can be expensive, and there’s no reason to overspend on your hotel room when you want to have plenty of vacation budget for seeing the sights and experiencing the local hot spots while you’re there.
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Dealing With High Fuel Prices Part 1 {Recession Series 2008}
Dealing With High Fuel Prices: Part 1 Dealing with high fuel prices can be hard on a frugal family’s budget. As you know, we’re always looking for new ways to cut down our already-low spending. This month we looked at one area that many of you are also looking at: fuel costs! How could we cut down our fuel usage, we asked? We brainstormed ideas, but it proved to be difficult because we don’t drive a lot usually. The only apparent answer was that we’d have to get creative and change our habits. We live in Alaska and only have one garage available. My car usually goes in the garage…
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Ultimate Blog Party 2008
Home Ever After has joined the Ultimate Blog Party hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom! What better way to celebrate my birthday (3/11/08)? It’s time to PARTY!!
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