The weather is glorious today, and is supposed to continue throughout the week. My laundry is outside hanging on the line, one of the last weeks I’ll be able to do this I’m sure, before the sunny rays fade and the cool rains set in. Soon it will be back to drying my laundry inside… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Frugal Living
The New Frugality – Fad…or Forever?
I look with bemusement, on the number of people jumping on the frugality bandwagon now that we are in an economic recession. Their ardent, new-found lifestyle is met with amazed declarations like “Wow, you can really save money by making coffee at home!” or “CFL bulbs actually put out just as much light!” Bemusement, why? … Read more »
Cashmere, Mohair & Angora Sweaters – Wash Away!
Fall is right around the corner, and soon we will be bundling up in our sweaters to ward off the chill. I am a real sweater lover. I have stacks and stacks of them in every color, style, fiber, and weight. My personal preference is cashmere, as I can wear it against my sensitive skin. … Read more »
Clotheslines + Vintage Clothing = A Perfect Match
I air-dry all of my laundry, so I’m a bit biased, but I believe that the clothesline is the best way to care for clothing, especially vintage clothing. When you think about it, the dryer is a quite recent invention, coming into wide usage in the 1950s and 60s. Before that time all drying was… Read more »
Suffering From Allergies Like Me? A Neti Pot Can Help!
I have been using a neti pot for about a year and a half now. Practically every day without fail, I prepare the simple solution of non-iodized salt and warm water in my neti pot. Then I perform the cleansing rinse of the nasal passages by pouring the solution in one nostril and out the… Read more »
Adventures in DTV
Since I am not a huge TV watcher, with the recent conversion to DTV I decided to give up my cable subscription and ‘go free’. That is, getting a converter box and antenna. I never watched much, if any, of the cable shows anyway. I usually ended up watching PBS or the local channels. So… Read more »