Tag: Frugal

Inspiring Ideas Dollar Store Hacks

Inspiring Ideas Dollar Store Hacks Who doesn’t want to save money and at least appear to be clever and creative? Everyone right!? But where oh where to come up with those inexpensive hacks and inspirational ideas? I do so with researching all the bright ideas of others then applying them to my own use with …

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DIY Paracord Snow Shoes

DIY Paracord Snow Shoes If you now or ever have lived in an area with extreme hash winters you know that your body is simply not equipped by nature to survive those temperatures. Particularly your extremities. Your feet and hands are very sensitive to the cold. Mittens and boots are imperative and when the snow …

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MIY Toothpaste 3 Recipes

MIY Toothpaste 3 Recipes

MIY Toothpaste 3 Recipes Oral hygiene is so much more important than people realize. Infected teeth can negatively effect your heart and throat. Bad teeth hurt and interfere with your nutrition and your sleep both leave you venerable to other illnesses. This will be especially important post SHTF when medical and dental care will be …

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15+ Uses for Dryer Sheets That Don’t Have Anything to do With a Dryer!

15+ Uses for Dryer Sheets That Don't Have Anything to do With a Dryer!

15+ Uses for  Dryer Sheets That Don’t Have Anything to do With a Dryer! Multi-use items are one way to make the best use of what you already have. Which of course saves money and un-necessary trips to the market to replace this or that product. A couple things I particularly like about multiple uses for dryer …

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38 Clever Holiday Hacks

38 Clever Holiday Hacks

38 Clever Holiday Hacks Between work, home,  shopping and other holiday chores I am exhausted just thinking about it! Doesn’t it seem the harder you work to make it all come together seamlessly, the more it pulls apart? Something has to give and in my house it is usually me! Not this year! I am …

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Homemade Cough Syrup That Reduces Phlegm

Homemade Cough Syrup That Reduces Phlegm Carrots tend to get under-rated in the area of health benefits. I can attest to the fact that in many European countries carrot juice is one of the first juices introduced to babies for skin health. I remember myself as a child being told carrots would assist my eye …

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Holiday Travel Survival Tips

Holiday Travel Survival Tips

Some posts may contain affiliate links.  Holiday Travel Survival Tips Many of you may be traveling for the upcoming holiday. You may think you have it down pat as you traveled for Thanksgiving. But that truly is only a test run! The majority didn’t cross country for thanksgiving and a large number of us will …

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DIY Wood-Fired Hot Tub

DIY Wood-Fired Hot Tub

DIY Wood-Fired Hot Tub It wasn’t too many years ago when a hot tub was all the rage. You could find businesses that did nothing but sell them and others that built their facilities around them. These days they are less popular as a bachelor pad item or a fad. But there is still something completely …

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DIY Built-In Roll-Out Bed

DIY Built-In Roll-Out Bed

DIY Built-In Roll-Out Bed This is an awesome DIY project! If you like many of us have a guest room that does double duty as an office. This is a great way to add a bed without losing that office feel or being so tempted to take a nap! I would have loved a roll-out …

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5 Vintage Gadgets Tested

5 Vintage Gadgets Tested

5 Vintage Gadgets Tested Two things I love rolled into one! The Russian Hacker who always makes me laugh and vintage items. I actually did not know what the first item pictured was! I have never used an egg separator. My tool for that is even older than the wire thing, the actual egg shell. …

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