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01-04-2012, 09:01 PM #16Registered User
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Ordered seeds for my first garden at my new house and planning the layout - I'm so excited!!
Goals for 11/12/13
Ohio House - 429.32/1,000 Idaho House - 1681.24/3,400
April Food - 312.81/200, May Food - 148.96/100.00
Wasted Food - $16.16
2013 Goals:
*Track my spending more closely Need vs Want
*[B)Preserve more/waste less food[/B] - canning, dehydrating and freezing.
*Solar cook at least 24 times 0/24
*Install manual water pump. We now have the parts, just need the weather to warm up so we can install.
*Install a wood burning stove On hold until after the July layoffs.
Skill a month:
* Cooking with a pressure cooker.
* Dehydrating & learning to cook what we dehydrate - potatoes, tomatoes, mixed vegetables, spices, ...
* growing herbs in window boxes.
* learning how of garden with Walls of Water and using weed barrier cloth.
* Made my own seed tapes - first time.
Non-Budgeted Spend Days:
May - 3/0
1()2()3()4()5()6()7(Yes)8()9()10()11()12()13()14()15()16()17(Yes)18()19()20()21(Yes)22()23()24()25()26(27()8()2()30()31()[/SIZE]
- 01-04-2012, 09:12 PM #17Registered User
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Today I ate leftovers as planned, and also sewed and crocheted stuff.
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01-04-2012, 09:17 PM #18Registered User
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Well pooh....I was outbid. On to look for another one!
Originally Posted by wunsagin
I read some of the posts for the 2011 challenge (which hasn't had a post since Aug
I have never heard of a pullman pan so I looked it up and ordered one. Even if the zombies don't come it will come in very handy 
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May grocery 0/200.00
May coupon 0
YTD grocery 856.00
YTD coupon 155.23
New Recipe 4/24
Items repurposed
Twenty wishes 0/20
2013 Homemade Christmas
2013 Sewing Challenge
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1. clean/organize linen closet 2. organize/purge medicine cabinet 3. make at least one new recipe a month 3/12 4. learn to make 3 items from scratch1/3 pizza crust 5. tame kitchen freezer 6. read To Kill A Mockingbird 7. watch Gone With The Wind 8. limit on-line game time to 30mins a day 9. write a letter monthly to MIL 10. make AND mail Christmas cards 11. repurpose 3 old items into something new 12. participate in monthly photo hunt 13. make 1 rag quilt 14. use exercise bike 4x wk 15. lose 3lbs a month 16. make work plan for camper 17. learn to back-up camper 18. participate in 1 SOTF get-together 19. complete dental work needed 20. say I Love You to loved ones daily
Personal challenge, 5 A Day
put away, throw away, give away
at least 5 items a day
01-05-2012, 09:42 AM #19Master Dollar Stretcher
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I don't know what a pullman pan is, either. I'll have to go check it out!
Didn't do much self-sufficiency-wise yesterday, unless you count that I got additional warmth from the puppy sleeping on my bed last night, so I didn't have to run the space heater!
DH aka Mad Hen
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March no-spend: 15/15
2012 LAPAW: 8.2/15 
2013 Get-Thee-To-The-Gym Challenge: 6/52
Monthly budget total: $1400 - Amt expended: 735.05 = Avail balance: $664.95
Total debt (with mortgage, HELOC, and cc's): Jan 2013: ??? (Jan 2012: $285,105) (Jan 2011: $292,750) 
(2496 days until retirement)
11/12/13 Challenge: PAY OFF ALL CC's!!
Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want. Anna Lappe
01-05-2012, 10:11 AM #20Registered User
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Shared puppy-heat counts!
A Pullman pan is a long narrow bread pan with a lid that slides on, like some cake pan covers do. Or used to. Bread is baked in the pan with the lid on so you get perfectly square slices for sandwiches. I have a Pullman pan but haven't tried this bread yet.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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01-05-2012, 10:12 AM #21Master Dollar Stretcher
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Thanks, SD!!
DH aka Mad Hen
(http://mad-hen-creations.blogspot.com/)
March no-spend: 15/15 2012 LAPAW: 8.2/15 2013 Get-Thee-To-The-Gym Challenge: 6/52
Monthly budget total: $1400 - Amt expended: 735.05 = Avail balance: $664.95
Total debt (with mortgage, HELOC, and cc's): Jan 2013: ??? (Jan 2012: $285,105) (Jan 2011: $292,750) (2496 days until retirement)
11/12/13 Challenge: PAY OFF ALL CC's!!
Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want. Anna Lappe
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I would like to join this thread..
I made my bread from scratch..(I'm really trying not to buy any from the store)
I made homemade Scalloped potatoes using up the few I had left in the bag so they didn't get wasted.
I washed laundry in cold water using my homemade laundry soap.
I used my homemade rice pack that I heated up in the microwave to put my pan that has my homemade bread in it to help it rise..
I used up a bag of apples that would have went to waste and made homemade apple crisp.
I turned off the hot water/heat switch to conserve on the fuel.
My dh has started the woodstove.
Gave my Chickens leftover pie from the holidays ..my mil decided to give us all the desserts that no one else wanted and it was way tooo much..so it didn't go to waste technically..LOL..Wife to Keith
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I made two batches of soup and froze one.
I crocheted.
I planted wheat berries from the whole foods store in two pots for the cats, instead of buying expensive cat grass kits from a pet store.
I made a grocery list for OAMC meals and figured out what I already have that I can use instead of buying more.
I started working on an OAMC meal list using Weight Watchers recipes.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Haven't spent any money so far this year. No travel/no gas/no spend.
Eating from stockpile and trying new recipes using what is in the freezer and pantry.
Crocheting, sewing, quilting and scrap booking for entertainment using only stash materials.
Collecting free eggs from the hens and using them daily, plus selling extras.frugalcountrylady.blogspot.com
01-06-2012, 10:01 AM #25Master Dollar Stretcher
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Brenda67, I'm picturing manically-hyper chickens hopped up on sugar running around your yard!
Yesterday, stuck at work all day, so I guess I just earned money through "hard labour" to put away toward retirement and managed not to spend any!
DH aka Mad Hen
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March no-spend: 15/15 2012 LAPAW: 8.2/15 2013 Get-Thee-To-The-Gym Challenge: 6/52
Monthly budget total: $1400 - Amt expended: 735.05 = Avail balance: $664.95
Total debt (with mortgage, HELOC, and cc's): Jan 2013: ??? (Jan 2012: $285,105) (Jan 2011: $292,750) (2496 days until retirement)
11/12/13 Challenge: PAY OFF ALL CC's!!
Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want. Anna Lappe
01-06-2012, 05:20 PM #26Registered User
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Another no spend day.
However I was gifted 2-8# bags of oranges. So guess what I'll be eating for the next few weeks.
Worked all day.
Eggs from hens, free heat from wood, warm enough this afternoon to have windows open for a few hours. Fresh air.frugalcountrylady.blogspot.com
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I hung up a drying line in my kitchen over my sink so I can dry my Ziploc bags after I wash them (our balcony overlooks a major street so putting them out there was risking them just getting icky again).
I discussed self defense strategies with DH. Discovered he knows how to use grenades and is very accurate with them but is a bad shot with a gun (who knew?).
I cooked from the stockpile exclusively.
01-06-2012, 08:08 PM #28Registered User
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If I had to live where I needed to be good with grenades, I'd be relocating.
I sewed most of a shirt, crocheted, and ate leftovers.
01-06-2012, 10:37 PM #29Master Dollar Stretcher
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Stockpotted a whole turkey today, so the dogs will eat like kings for at least a week!
DH aka Mad Hen
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March no-spend: 15/15 2012 LAPAW: 8.2/15 2013 Get-Thee-To-The-Gym Challenge: 6/52
Monthly budget total: $1400 - Amt expended: 735.05 = Avail balance: $664.95
Total debt (with mortgage, HELOC, and cc's): Jan 2013: ??? (Jan 2012: $285,105) (Jan 2011: $292,750) (2496 days until retirement)
11/12/13 Challenge: PAY OFF ALL CC's!!
Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want. Anna Lappe
01-07-2012, 03:57 AM #30Registered User
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Heh, me too!! But they might be good against zombies. He was a soldier in the army, don't worry... I'm not living with a nutjob! Originally Posted by Spirit Deer
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