for a seriously delicious flavoring, try putting those vanilla beans in RUM!!! My favorite is rum banana bread...get those brown spotted bananas out of the bargain bin. add the vanilla rum to the frosting. and cake!!...so good...and not everyday!!!
Wow! really impressive! I have to say though, Doing everything exactly as you are, with the same exact grocery list, I would never be able to do it at $107 here in the northeast. prices are way to high here. $5.58 for 2 gallons of milk? We pay that for 1 gallon of milk!
Keep up the good work!
My mother in law said it made me "look poor" to hang clothes on the line!! Waste is waste!! Besides, what smells better than laundry dried outside?(ok, maybe home made bread!)
google retractable clotheslines. you may be able to get something somewhat attractive(at least not hideous) and hang where you don't have to go up narrow steep stairs.....
I have not had a dryer in about 15 years. I do as swampcat does. I also have a porch that I have strung up clothesline. I do laundry at night(I do have to plan because if I wait to many days I run out of room) and hang it at night.
We have forced air heating and the laundry is dry in the...