This week’s Festival is up over at Five Cent Nickel. Lots of interesting posts, as usual. Here are some of my favorites, but go by and check them all out. Jim of Blueprint for Financial Prosperity is starting a new series-Low Cost Weekend Ideas. He’ll be posting an idea every Friday, it sounds like something… Keep Reading

Microwave cleaning wipes? You put them in the microwave, nuke it and the package pops open and the cleaner turns into steam. Then you use the wipe to wipe the microwave down. Uh, excuse me if I’m missing something but how is this any better than just microwaving a dish of water (or water with… Keep Reading

You EAT them. I’ve only been sprouting beans for a few months now. The first and easiest thing I did was to simply add them as an additonal vegetable in asian recipes (or rather psuedo asian recipes) that I already make. So, if I’m making a stirfry or curry, in go the sprouts. I also… Keep Reading

You too can grow veggies in the comfort of your own home in any weather without even using any dirt. Impossible you say! Well it is not, due to the magic of sprouts. Beans sprouts are an easy at home addition to your diet. There are lots of great websites like Sprout People and Primal… Keep Reading

This week’s Festival of Frugality is up over at Frugal for Life. For those of you not familiar with the Festival, it is a weekly event. Anyone who likes can submit a post on any aspect of frugality using the Carnival Submit Form. Each week on Tuesday the Festival is posted at a different Blog…. Keep Reading

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse! Paper use, especially computer paper use, is one of those areas where being frugal and being green easily align themselves. This may be old hat to some of you, but it is worth going over again. First, to reduce look at what you are actually printing out. Do you really need a… Keep Reading

Well, I saw an add that said the Christian bookstore in Binghamton was playing the just released “Boz” kids videos for several hours in their conference room on a theater sized screen. We had gotten the free sneak peek video (you can order your own) through MOPs (a christian based mothering group-Mothers of Preschoolers) a… Keep Reading

I love dollar stores. No, I mean I really love dollar stores. The lure of wonderful treasures for such a pittance is almost too much for me to resist. My idea of a fun afternoon is to just spend an hour or so browsing around and seeing what interesting things I can find. I’m lucky… Keep Reading

You can easily make your own “Calcium Fortified Chicken Broth” by adding about 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar to the water when you boil chicken bones etc for soup stock. The vinegar will leach the calcium out of the bones, but you won’t be able to taste it in the finished product. This is one of… Keep Reading

OK, this is not related to frugality, but I’m just so excited! I just found out that there is a new Dr Who series that aired in England last year, and the first episode is playing on the SciFi channel tonight at 8pm! Here is the article about it. So now you know one of… Keep Reading