I was going to go out and buy a sewing machine to get back into the swing of things and low and behold I was given one lastnight for free. YAY!!!! I am so happy. Now I just need to find out how this one works. lol!

We are on the move!!! My DH had taken an early retirement/ buyout from his company after 15 years of service. We have made our minds up that we are going to be snowbirds but the kicker is that we sold our house and we are going to live in the camper year round. We want to be set free from...

This was an obituary in the Denver paper yesterday. Michael "Flathead" Blanchard Blanchard, Michael "Flathead" 1944 ~ 2012 A Celebration of the life of Michael "Flathead" Blanchard will be held on April 14th, 3 pm 8160 Rosemary St, Commerce City. Weary of reading obituaries noting someone's...

Feel for the people in Japan but this could get interesting. Here comes the junk.......they have said that it could be "arriving" any day. I hope that it won't cause any casualties for the ships/boats on the water........sort of scary. Isn't like lots of this stuff is "just" a floating log...

Hey everyone, I have been away alot lately. Just needed time to process all that is going on. My 6 yr old ds has been having problems in school writing and other motor skills. After 2 OT visits we went to see our pediatrician. He said he for sure has some low tone issues and needs to have a...

This is how our conversation went down tonight. Ladies, why do men always try to fix things when we are not asking for advice. :) me: walks past the living room dh: come sit by me on the couch me: I love how our new tv looks dh: me too, but I don't know how this picture looks and this and that...

i am overwhelmed my parents have passed on and i have to much stuff . me and my DBF only have a two bedroom when i got stuff it became to the point of hoarding in the second bedroom it was suppose to be my craft room instead its got everything you can imagine in there.seems like i can;t let go...

I lost my job this past year, and we are knee-deep in debt. So I'm on a self-imposed spending holiday for 2012, which means NEEDS only. If we can live without it, we aren't buying it! Being a red-blooded American, of course I am already seeing things and thinking I'd like to have them...

~I have boxes of stuff "flung" in last year's challenge that haven't left the house yet due to me not listing them. Since we're moving across country mid-year, I will have lots more stuff to unload before we go. And we could really use the money too. ;) My goal is to list at least 5 items a...

Hi: I've been on this site for a year but just started coming frequently and posting a couple months ago. I've learned so many frugal ideas in just this little amount of time. This site surely has a wealth of information in the form of the community members. So in the past 24 hours I saw a...

My husband received a very old clock that is15 square, it has a metal base, green face with the coca cola written big in the middle, it still works and it lights up. Also we have a very old coca cola bottle opener the kind that hangs on the wall. in excellent condition, say 8 then made in the...

Love it when daily life tickles me. I was standing at the stove making some scrambled eggs this morning and all of the sudden my toast comes flying out of the toaster and landed near my plate. Holy flying toast Batman, it really had an arc to it. It's never done that before & I was "Gee, thanks...

I need a Webelos neckerchief and slide... and a Webelos handbook. Webelos shirt (the tan one) in size large.

This is sort of something I was thinking about after reading a post here about free school supplies and free clothing (not knocking the post or poster so please don't think so. It just gave me food for thought). Now I know we are here to be frugal and learn frugality and I'm all for it. I'm...

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I think I've reached my second phase of frugal living. I've lived a frugal lifestyle for 2-1/2 years now, dipped out of it for a bit mentally and am ready to dive back in. I was at a local Christian bookstore this evening and came across a few inspiring "words of wisdom". I copied them down...

I bought the first bottle a long while ago because it was being sold for almost nothing. I thought to myself it was probably a brand that wasn't selling so they wanted rid of it. (Later I discovered that it was new brand that they wanted to push.) This stuff is SO THICK that it hardly came out...

I'm trying to get our house together, and I have to really pare down the clutter. It always leads to big arguments with my husband and he refuses to help me move the heavy pieces everything stays where is was. I just absolutely hate it and it causes me alot of emotional stress, anxiety and...