tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post7589792761291279483..comments2024-03-28T22:48:30.666-07:00Comments on Home Living: More Frugal IdeasLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-54037691949351493822008-04-25T10:28:00.000-07:002008-04-25T10:28:00.000-07:00This is such a good idea...I have done it before. ...This is such a good idea...I have done it before. One way to improve on it, though, would be to put the person's initial or name on the napkin, and leave it at their place for next time. They aren't always soiled enough to put in the laundry. If you have all three meals and more at home, they can last a day on the table.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-34427209931406043902008-04-24T21:53:00.000-07:002008-04-24T21:53:00.000-07:00About not buying napkins - for $1, which is about ...About not buying napkins - for $1, which is about the cost of a pack of napkins, you can buy a yard of fabric and make six or eight cloth napkins. It doesn't take long, and they can be tossed in the washer with whatever load of clothes is washing. They can also do all the "wiping up" jobs that paper towels do.<BR/><BR/>If you have an old cotton sheet or pillow case (or even clothing, I suppose)MadeByAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414284542330645222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-76461553405079934962008-04-18T13:26:00.000-07:002008-04-18T13:26:00.000-07:00I love this post. In some ways inflation and such...I love this post. In some ways inflation and such is a time to take a close look at our lifestyle and the choices we make.<BR/><BR/>Just this morning I found myself going through the drive thru at McDonald's so my son could snarf down a sandwich in the two minutes we had left to get him to work.<BR/><BR/>I went away wondering why in the world I did that? I was out $5.00, the food was not Brenda@CoffeeTeaBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719695370857675146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-7869472797069848372008-04-07T11:08:00.000-07:002008-04-07T11:08:00.000-07:00Your frugality posts are so wonderful AND practica...Your frugality posts are so wonderful AND practical! Thanks for taking the time to share this great information with us.<BR/><BR/>StacyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-55488918148734053212008-04-04T13:49:00.000-07:002008-04-04T13:49:00.000-07:00I'm a newcomer to your blog and I appreciate your ...I'm a newcomer to your blog and I appreciate your insight.<BR/><BR/>I liked one of the comments about on the freedom that lack of clutter brings. <BR/><BR/>Also, in our ever changing economic times, being responsible and a good steward with what we have now will help as we weather the impending recession.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655018888616717698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-56989365122310572992008-04-04T07:27:00.000-07:002008-04-04T07:27:00.000-07:00I'd like to respond to your comment about the clut...I'd like to respond to your comment about the clutter in a home. You could not be more correct! We mothers DO control what happens, & we have no one but ourselves to blame for a messy home if children are not taught to put things away, clean up after themselves, & so forth. I have heard a few of my friends say, "I don't know why they (meaning the kids) don't pick up their clothes"...but they, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-17411087338023267532008-04-03T12:57:00.000-07:002008-04-03T12:57:00.000-07:00Very good post with a lot of wisdom to it. :)Very good post with a lot of wisdom to it. :)Mrs. K's Lemonade Standhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578956357827300492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1731628284599621982008-04-03T08:19:00.000-07:002008-04-03T08:19:00.000-07:00Another terrific post! To Diane who is in the proc...Another terrific post! To Diane who is in the process of training her eyes to see the "ugliness and disharmony of clutter"-Take pictures of the rooms in your house (as they are right now.) You'd be suprised at what you see through the impersonal eyes of a camera! I have done this in the past, and it provides not only a honest look at your house, but also a good perspective on how you may want Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-38192340450005536932008-04-03T06:08:00.000-07:002008-04-03T06:08:00.000-07:00I just wanted to thank you for your website. I che...I just wanted to thank you for your website. I check it almost daily because your articles always encourage and inspire me. I am not a skilled homemaker. Doing routine tasks that homekeeping requires is difficult for me. At the risk of sounding sexist: I tend to think like a man and see like a man. I overlook piles of clutter because my eyes quickly accustom to them. It is, however, my desire to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-60901585509722781842008-04-03T00:29:00.000-07:002008-04-03T00:29:00.000-07:00Cell phones were a huge drain on our budget until ...Cell phones were a huge drain on our budget until recently when we stopped using them. Talking about having nothing to show for your money!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-60287423339525760462008-04-02T22:01:00.000-07:002008-04-02T22:01:00.000-07:00regarding posts in the skin: these are rings and s...regarding posts in the skin: these are rings and studs. The skin is pierced. That is entirely unnecessary, causes health roblems, and later on when a person matures, they can be left with scars and stretched areas of the skin particularly the ears. It is costly and the money could be spent on a real need. Tattoes are not necessary either. These expenses use up money that could be used for Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-29361209996978572562008-04-02T21:52:00.000-07:002008-04-02T21:52:00.000-07:00Great! Very helpful. Thank you very much! :)Eliz...Great! Very helpful. Thank you very much! :)<BR/><BR/>ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-50170413118829626452008-04-02T17:29:00.000-07:002008-04-02T17:29:00.000-07:00Amen Lady Lydia! Another rule that I raise my chi...Amen Lady Lydia! Another rule that I raise my children by is that if you lose or break a toy, you do not get a new one! My daughter has learned this lesson well, but my son is still learning. When he does not take care of something he will still turn and say we can get a new one. Um....NO!!! If you don't take care of it and it doesn't mean enough to you for you to take care of it - you do Mrs. V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05852637657270835106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-21529800437317093822008-04-02T15:11:00.000-07:002008-04-02T15:11:00.000-07:00This is so timely for me. We're down to one incom...This is so timely for me. We're down to one income for the first time in years, and I'm homeschooling my children now. Never has frugality been so important in my life. These are terrific ideas, and I also thank you for the comment on children and clutter. We have a huge problem with it right now. With my working, we were not diligent about making them pick up, because we thought evenings Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-89679026683395180902008-04-02T14:00:00.000-07:002008-04-02T14:00:00.000-07:00You always share such great wisdom. I thought that...You always share such great wisdom. I thought that you had taken a peak into my life. <BR/><BR/>I do just about everything that you've named. I am so much more at peace with the way that I live life now. <BR/><BR/>My husband and I will be done to our final debt in two months and even when we are totally debt free, I wouldn't go back to the way that we used to live.<BR/><BR/>I love the my simple The Proverbs Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950651949803175572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-58789259727986270772008-04-02T08:18:00.000-07:002008-04-02T08:18:00.000-07:00Deby, I'll add that comment to the main article.Deby, I'll add that comment to the main article.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-15298628160552621572008-04-02T08:16:00.000-07:002008-04-02T08:16:00.000-07:00For the lady who wrote about cluttr on another pos...For the lady who wrote about cluttr on another post:<BR/><BR/>I grew up in a large family. My father had to have an uncluttered floor, so that he would not fall and get laid up. We would lose our breadwinner if he got injured on a toy or some other item. My mother would pick up things but as we got older she would confiscate them if they were left on the floor or lying around cluttering up areas Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-51915295541623238022008-04-02T08:13:00.000-07:002008-04-02T08:13:00.000-07:00Thank you for the wisdom that you write about.I wo...Thank you for the wisdom that you write about.<BR/>I would add to that STAY HOME, shopping should not be your hobby, it is like putting a diabetic in a candy store.Our society has such a shop till you drop mentality whilst the home is falling apart and the credit cards balances are sky rocketing.<BR/>A wonderful post, once again.<BR/>Deby~~Debyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288057520112643825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-31677712816314576942008-04-02T07:12:00.000-07:002008-04-02T07:12:00.000-07:00Very true, Lady Lydia, and thank you for these art...Very true, Lady Lydia, and thank you for these articles on frugality. I've been listening to people talk and also reading some blogs and it seems more and more people are tightening their purse strings, so to speak. It's a sign of the times, for sure. But I also think it is just common sense and maybe some of the frugal notions will "stick" when times aren't so lean. <BR/><BR/>Have a beautiful *~Tamara~*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06459404172856021413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-18303559831074564572008-04-02T06:28:00.000-07:002008-04-02T06:28:00.000-07:00Thank you for more great ideas. I have, over the ...Thank you for more great ideas. I have, over the years, worked to rid our income of draining expense, many you mention in this article. I don't miss them. In fact, each of our moves around the country has become progressively more difficult due to the amount of things we have accumulated. <BR/><BR/>Several times a year I reach my limit of clutter and go on a rampage of de-clutter. As I haul Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-79158907924403926692008-04-01T20:20:00.000-07:002008-04-01T20:20:00.000-07:00I have enjoyed the post on living frugal! Due to a...I have enjoyed the post on living frugal! <BR/><BR/>Due to an accident my husband had 3 years ago, we have been blessed with the opportunity of seeing how one can be joyful and appreciative of our situation, no matter what. We now live on 2/3 less than we did 3 years ago! I am amazed at the tips such as you mentioned and many others that have saved us so very much in our home.<BR/><BR/>Thank you Humble wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823200562312609670noreply@blogger.com