Frugal living

Because Everything is Better in A Homemade Play Tent

April 22, 2010

I promised to show you how to make this tent, and I’m sorry to leave you hanging.  I scheduled this to post and for some reason it never went out.: Shopping List: 3 1/2 yd – 45″ wide cotton fabric (tent sides) 2 pkgs – 2″ satin blanket binding, 4.75 yds/pkg   (You will need 7.25 [...]

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Crafting My Way Thin

March 2, 2010

One of the tools in my weight loss tool box is a basket of quilting scraps.  I know it sounds crazy, but crafting is helping me stick to my diet.   Last week, I pulled out a crazy quilt that I had been playing with finishing for 5 years now.  I decided it was time to [...]

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Family and Finances

September 1, 2009

Larry Burkett Says that we spend the first 5-7 years of marriage trying to reach the same standard of living as our parents, only it took them 30 years to get there. After 5 years, I’m still looking for that 1972 velvet sofa.

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Life Lessons and Peaches

August 12, 2009

When I was about 10 years old, my brothers bought me 2 milk crate boxes for Christmas.  He was only going to buy me one, but my dad said, “Get her 2, one isn’t useful, but she can do something with two of them.”  I remember him telling me that so many years ago.  When [...]

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Mopping meditations

June 25, 2009

Mopping the floors is great meditation.  Especially when, as I am mopping I notice the beautiful wood grain of the 97 year old fir floors underneath the mop head.  And as I mop I begin to imagine how beautiful the floor will be when we finally get to refinish them.  Of course we won’t be [...]

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