I am new to "frugal village" and right now my main focus is cutting corners and saving money on our grocery bills. This week the grocery store (Price Chopper/Northeast) has split chicken breasts (bone-in) on sale for $1 a pound. I am hoping to buy 10-15 pounds of chicken. Any suggestions on...

I have posted stuff for months now on Craigslist, and I am just not getting anything gone! Very frustrating.... I am not that far away from a big city, and I even switched my city to one of the suburbs where my family lives. I visit them often, and my dh works up there, so it's not like I'm...

l am going to try my best to explain this and sorry if long or if it has to be remove l am very interested in the Christian religion and was wondering about speaking in tongues our farm vet is very much for this and l just don't have it l have tried and its not there l get dreams and feelings...

This is an update on my foot that I cut Dec 26th,09. The wound specialist told me its not healing at all. So he is going to treat it more agressively. This is so much fun..... Just a reminder everyone with diabetes to take care of your feet Fern

someone brought up electric blankets in another thread and it has me wondering.... ds's room gets pretty cold (downstairs basement) we use the wood burner for heat mostly (propane furnace if needed) and we try to keep it 68-70 in here. We have two electric heaters that tend to be used almost on...

I have had trouble getting enough of the food-safe buckets for storing wheat, sugar, etc. and think I just may have to purchase some. I can occasionally pick one up at Publix, but I need many more. I saw some at Lowe's with the #2 and the triangle on the bottom, but they were gray and had a...

This is what people from the 1930's thought we'd be wearing around the year 2000. LOL! I have to say, my dh would look spiffy in that man's outfit at the end! :hubba:

I absolutly adore her books. I don't think I'll ever want a movie to come out, I don't think it could live up to it.

My sisters best friend is having a baby shower, now I am friends with her but not as good as she is. This is her second baby and her second baby shower, both girls within 3 years of each other. I wasn't invited to the first one, but I am now invited to the second one and obviously expected...

I am in the process of deep cleaning my bedroom. It is taking so very, very long cause I have way too much stuff! I have been pitching or donating, but now I am down to the nitty gritty. The nitty gritty (to me) is the stuff I have "saved". My problem is old stuff! I love old stuff! These...

Is anyone else noticing that with the new version 3 of Firefox, the spell checker picks up some contractions (does not/doesn't, can not/can't) as misspelled words? :ponder:

my son works at a cemetary, after all the storms we have been having they had a mess to clean up. while doing so he found a baseball bracelet laying in the grass, he looked around and had no idea where to put it so he took it home and started wearing it, now he and my husband coach baseball and...

I saw a cute looking book by Peter Walsh, (I didn't buy it, THAT would just be more clutter! LOL!) but it looked funny and right to the point for ME, anyway. The title is 'Does this Clutter make my Butt look Fat?' In it (apparently) he talks about how you (almost) never see anyone with a...

What would you do? I am getting enough tax back to pay off all our debt and that would be great but we have exactly 7.33 in our EF and dh thinks we should keep half of it to fund the EF. Do you think we should spend all 100% of it to pay off bebts or do you think we should pay off some bebts...

A crockpot was mentioned in another thread and it reminded me of a question I've been meaning to ask. I need a new crockpot and I'd like some input from real people (not reviews on amazon). I have a Rival 6qt crockpot with a removable stone pot. Its about 3 1/2 yrs old and the crock seems to...

Today dh broke his sunglasses. They are apart of him, he wears them everyday. He might have expensive taste in glasses but he gets his monies worth. This particular pair is atleast 3 or 4 yrs old. Always he broken them for good and I told him we should get him a new pair. We had planed to go...

Pennies dated before 1981 are worth more than twice their face value if you take them to be recycled for their copper content. You get more than double your money! It is also not against the law to melt down small currency in case anyone was wondering. Just thought this was interesting.

While on the topic of planning the upcoming year and focusing on goals for this site, please give feedback on what you would like to see more of. This site has always evolved to what the majority has wanted. This is why some years there's been more focus on one area more than others. Frugality...

Watermelon Agua Fresca 8 cups cubed seeded watermelon, divided 1 cup water, divided 1/3 cup granulated sugar, divided 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice 1 liter seltzer water, pre-chilled Puree half of the cubed watermelon, half the water and half the sugar in a blender. Pour through a coarse...

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