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Well, I'll tell you, a wool blanket will keep you really warm at night too and only uses you own body heat to keep you warm.
Well, I'll tell you, a wool blanket will keep you really warm at night too and only uses you own body heat to keep you warm.
I'm making my own dog food instead of buying canned. I still feed kibble but instead of adding canned food to it, I now make a big batch of food and freeze it in zip lock bags, I add a 1/4 cup to their food with each meal. It's very easy and very good for them plus it is very inexpensive.
The basic ingredients:
2 cups brown rice
1 cup oats
1lb ground turkey
fresh or frozen chopped mixed veggies (carrots,peas,squash,green beans, etc)
3 chopped hard boiled eggs
olive oil
Cook the rice until almost done, add oats and enough water to cook them. Add chopped carrots, squash,peas, green beans or whatever veggies you have that dogs are allowed. Mix in boiled chopped eggs and your protein or meat. Once cooled stir in a little olive oil if you like. Fill up sandwhich size zip lock bags and freeze.
You can use Beef, Canned Salmon de boned, Chicken, Chicken hearts,gizzard and livers but these I use in moderation. You can add other items like ground flax meal and brewers yeast if you like.
This is quick and easy and so much better then the mystery meat in some canned dog foods.
The basic ingredients:
2 cups brown rice
1 cup oats
1lb ground turkey
fresh or frozen chopped mixed veggies (carrots,peas,squash,green beans, etc)
3 chopped hard boiled eggs
olive oil
Cook the rice until almost done, add oats and enough water to cook them. Add chopped carrots, squash,peas, green beans or whatever veggies you have that dogs are allowed. Mix in boiled chopped eggs and your protein or meat. Once cooled stir in a little olive oil if you like. Fill up sandwhich size zip lock bags and freeze.
You can use Beef, Canned Salmon de boned, Chicken, Chicken hearts,gizzard and livers but these I use in moderation. You can add other items like ground flax meal and brewers yeast if you like.
This is quick and easy and so much better then the mystery meat in some canned dog foods.
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Well, I'll tell you, a wool blanket will keep you really warm at night too and only uses you own body heat to keep you warm.
I love my electric mattress pad.
Well, I'll tell you, a wool blanket will keep you really warm at night too and only uses you own body heat to keep you warm.
I love my electric mattress pad.
We live in an old farm house, so the windows are rickety and old. We actually are renting from our Grandmother, and she has the whole farm (including house) for sale, so there is no point in replacing these windows....so, we put plastic up and you can't even tell its there.
We turn the heat down at night and sleep with heavy duvets and pajama's.
We turn all lights off unless necessary. I hate it when I walk into my friend's house and EVERY LIGHT IS ON! Ohh that bugs me.
I had my own garden this year, but it didnt work out that well. Especially when the chickens got out and cleared everything. So, I still bought all of my fresh produce from a local farmer.
This year, DH and I canned peaches, made grape juice, and applesauce. We wanted to do pears, but we got too busy.
We save money by staying home for dinner, and only going out once in a while, usually when I have been busy busy with Avery (our 9 month old daughter) or sick (I'm two months pregnant!).
I've started to buy my daughters clothes from a second hand shop in town. I had a real stigma attached to this, as growing up that is all we could afford. I wanted better for my baby. But, with not working and soon my benefits will be running out, I see the need to save some money.
I also find that baking from scratch is JUST as easy as using a box, it tastes better, and DH really appreciates it!
Last year we only had 5 BRs and our family asked us to buy more chickens because they wanted our "tasty" eggs. We now have 16 girls and we sell the eggs to family, to cover the cost of food.
We turn the heat down at night and sleep with heavy duvets and pajama's.
We turn all lights off unless necessary. I hate it when I walk into my friend's house and EVERY LIGHT IS ON! Ohh that bugs me.
I had my own garden this year, but it didnt work out that well. Especially when the chickens got out and cleared everything. So, I still bought all of my fresh produce from a local farmer.
This year, DH and I canned peaches, made grape juice, and applesauce. We wanted to do pears, but we got too busy.
We save money by staying home for dinner, and only going out once in a while, usually when I have been busy busy with Avery (our 9 month old daughter) or sick (I'm two months pregnant!).
I've started to buy my daughters clothes from a second hand shop in town. I had a real stigma attached to this, as growing up that is all we could afford. I wanted better for my baby. But, with not working and soon my benefits will be running out, I see the need to save some money.
I also find that baking from scratch is JUST as easy as using a box, it tastes better, and DH really appreciates it!
Last year we only had 5 BRs and our family asked us to buy more chickens because they wanted our "tasty" eggs. We now have 16 girls and we sell the eggs to family, to cover the cost of food.
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Well, I'll tell you, a wool blanket will keep you really warm at night too and only uses you own body heat to keep you warm.
Wool? We, um, sleep in , yeah well it seems it may be too itchy.
Well, I'll tell you, a wool blanket will keep you really warm at night too and only uses you own body heat to keep you warm.
Wool? We, um, sleep in , yeah well it seems it may be too itchy.
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Keep 'em coming! These are great!
here's one I forgot: SWITCH YOUR LIGHTBULBS TO COMPACT FLURESCENTS
We have (thinking...) at least 40 light bulbs/lamps in our house (Walmart IS the cheapest place to buy these) and when we switched out, we now save about $20.00 a month on electric. You can get them 4 or 6 to a pack for about $8.96 at Walmart - I have had some for over 3 years now and havent had one blow yet! If you keep your receipt for them and the original packaging, they are guarenteed for 5 years and if they ever blow - the company will replace them for free so long as you have the pkging and receipt!
Also, if you can - consider energy star appliances if possible. It does save in the long run. My AC window units (our house was built in 1861 - no central air here) are all Energy Star.
Man - sorry for all the edits - just thought of another thing:
FREE SAMPLES! If you go to certain sites (Walmart has it) they give out free samples of things and they are travel sizes. If I can find the actual site that has all the Free Samples (some are actually full sizes) I'll post it here for everyone to benefit from.
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My DH has a heart defibrillator,and cannot use an electric blanket so i bought an alternative down comforter from overstock.com for 40.00 6 years ago. You can wash them in the washer(use commercial washer) and it fluffs back up we turn off the heat at night and just use the down comforter and alight spread.spring comes, I wash it and put it back in the plastic case it came in with a bar of soap and it smells good in the fall, when I just shake it out
marrie
marrie
These are all great ideas. We have been hit really hard here in Kodiak. (Gas finally dropped below $4.00/gallon here this morning). We only have a Wal-mart (original, not super), Safeway and one other local grocery for food stuffs, so shopping at bulk stores isn't a solution for us.
We don't coupons in our paper so the only way to get them is online or from buying a magazine (which costs more than you save). I also find they are often for things I don't use.
So, here's what we are doing. We live a very subsistence lifestyle. We fish all summer and have halibut and salmon in our freezer. DH put 2 deer (ours are very small) in there this fall as well as a hind quarter of a beef. We have eggs from the chickens and ducks and are starting to sell a few.
Unfortunately, growing even the simplest of things on this rock is not easy. We tried a garden but we had virtually no summer so it didn't do well.
I am making bread from scratch, as well as most of our desserts. I will shop all the flour and sugar sales during the holidays and store those.
We turn lights of and keep the temp at 67 degrees. When fish or meat gets freezer burnt we cook it and use it for dog food.
Plastic on the windows, weather stripping on the doors.
I have also started buying the cheaper brands of things that aren't as important, such as shampoo, hand soap, etc. Although the off brands might not work quite as well, they work good enough and the savings is worth it.
There is a sawmill near us and we get our bedding from him. He funnels the sawdust (spruce) into a truck and it's free if you scoop it yoursef.
We also shop at the thrift stores for kid's (and our) clothes. SaraF, I had a big problem with this as well, because I grew up in hand-me-downs. However, when I had my daughter and realized how fast kids grew and how dirty they get, I made a vow to myself that I would not spend a fortune on clothes for her and I would let her be a kid - dirt, fingerpaints and all. I do buy her new school clothes at the beginning of the year and one nice dress (wal-mart variety) each year, but otherwise her clothes are used and she can abuse them as much as her little heart desires. I'll never forget how amazed her preschool teachers were when I went to pick her up one day and they hesitantly told me she had gotten paint on her shirt. I smiled and said that was fine, that's what kids do. They were shocked. Apparently many of the other parents, who buy name brand clothes for their kids, would have meltdowns when they discovered stains on the kid's clothes.
We don't coupons in our paper so the only way to get them is online or from buying a magazine (which costs more than you save). I also find they are often for things I don't use.
So, here's what we are doing. We live a very subsistence lifestyle. We fish all summer and have halibut and salmon in our freezer. DH put 2 deer (ours are very small) in there this fall as well as a hind quarter of a beef. We have eggs from the chickens and ducks and are starting to sell a few.
Unfortunately, growing even the simplest of things on this rock is not easy. We tried a garden but we had virtually no summer so it didn't do well.
I am making bread from scratch, as well as most of our desserts. I will shop all the flour and sugar sales during the holidays and store those.
We turn lights of and keep the temp at 67 degrees. When fish or meat gets freezer burnt we cook it and use it for dog food.
Plastic on the windows, weather stripping on the doors.
I have also started buying the cheaper brands of things that aren't as important, such as shampoo, hand soap, etc. Although the off brands might not work quite as well, they work good enough and the savings is worth it.
There is a sawmill near us and we get our bedding from him. He funnels the sawdust (spruce) into a truck and it's free if you scoop it yoursef.
We also shop at the thrift stores for kid's (and our) clothes. SaraF, I had a big problem with this as well, because I grew up in hand-me-downs. However, when I had my daughter and realized how fast kids grew and how dirty they get, I made a vow to myself that I would not spend a fortune on clothes for her and I would let her be a kid - dirt, fingerpaints and all. I do buy her new school clothes at the beginning of the year and one nice dress (wal-mart variety) each year, but otherwise her clothes are used and she can abuse them as much as her little heart desires. I'll never forget how amazed her preschool teachers were when I went to pick her up one day and they hesitantly told me she had gotten paint on her shirt. I smiled and said that was fine, that's what kids do. They were shocked. Apparently many of the other parents, who buy name brand clothes for their kids, would have meltdowns when they discovered stains on the kid's clothes.
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Well, I'll tell you, a wool blanket will keep you really warm at night too and only uses you own body heat to keep you warm.
Wool? We, um, sleep in , yeah well it seems it may be too itchy.
We have a couple of different wool blankets that are nice and toasty. I also have my favorite wool skirt, which is cozy and soft. Wool isn't always itchy, it depends on the kinds of sheep. Merino is heavenly soft, as are many others. The rough stuff is really best for things like outerwear or rugs. I'm not trying to be a know-it-all, but I spin and weave many wool projects and find myself defending wool's honor pretty often. For sure there is some itchy wool out there, but there's a lot of wool that is as soft as any fuzzy acrylic you will find. Poor little sheepies have gotten a bad rap.
I used an electric blanket as a kid when we lived in Michigan, but I found I love having a million blankets on me instead. We are keeping the heat at 62 this winter, and telling the kids to put on sweaters if they are cold. It's amazing to hear a teen-ager whine "I'm cold!" when they are running around in a T-shirt and bare feet
We are also trying to cut down on those little driving trips to the store and do a better job at pre-planning. It's amazing how those trips add up to a ton of gas in no time.
Well, I'll tell you, a wool blanket will keep you really warm at night too and only uses you own body heat to keep you warm.
Wool? We, um, sleep in , yeah well it seems it may be too itchy.
We have a couple of different wool blankets that are nice and toasty. I also have my favorite wool skirt, which is cozy and soft. Wool isn't always itchy, it depends on the kinds of sheep. Merino is heavenly soft, as are many others. The rough stuff is really best for things like outerwear or rugs. I'm not trying to be a know-it-all, but I spin and weave many wool projects and find myself defending wool's honor pretty often. For sure there is some itchy wool out there, but there's a lot of wool that is as soft as any fuzzy acrylic you will find. Poor little sheepies have gotten a bad rap.
I used an electric blanket as a kid when we lived in Michigan, but I found I love having a million blankets on me instead. We are keeping the heat at 62 this winter, and telling the kids to put on sweaters if they are cold. It's amazing to hear a teen-ager whine "I'm cold!" when they are running around in a T-shirt and bare feet
We are also trying to cut down on those little driving trips to the store and do a better job at pre-planning. It's amazing how those trips add up to a ton of gas in no time.
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