Archive for the ‘Thrifty Tips’ Category
Thrifty Tips 12/27
I am sure some have wondered what happened to me. Well my blog was doing very weird things and since the purpose of my writing is to help people not have hackers attack their computers I decided to stop writing until I could figure out what was giong on. With the help of my hosting [...]
Thrifty Tips 10/25/08
Avoid Buying Gas On Weekends Or Holidays When buying gas, always make sure you purchase it a couple of days before the weekend, or before a major holiday. That’s when the big shots raise the prices; over the weekend when we have to run errands or during a holiday, when we travel to see [...]
Thrifty Tips 8/13
99.9% Silver to Keep Milk and Water Fresh The pioneers who traveled west would put silver coins in their water barrels to keep the water from spoiling. Back before there was refrigeration, people would put a silver coin in their milk jugs to keep the milk fresh longer. These days we have no REAL [...]
Thrifty Tips from Readers 6/21
I have been having some problems with the site for the last couple of days. I think it is all back to normal now but the time consumption made it hard for me to get my regular posts out. I hope this will be the last of my hacker problems but who knows. Here are [...]
Finally Back to Normal and Thrifty Tips
I think I finally have everything on my blog back to normal from when the site was hacked last weekend. Thank you for your patience since the posts this past week were not up to what I consider my usual standard. hope you Saturday is grand and here are a few Thrifty Tips. Use Soda [...]
Thrifty Tips From Readers 5/24
Mending Holes in Screens To fix holes and tears in a screen door or window screen, mend it just like you would mend a piece of clothing. Stitch the hole shut using fine nylon thread or wire that matches the color of the screen. If it is a large hole, you can cut a small [...]
Thrifty Tips From Readers 5/15
For no apparent reason this did not post in the morning. Oh well, guess everyone makes mistakes, even the Saving Freak. Freeze Leftover Coke for Ice My husband drinks a lot of coke but most of the time he leaves about a cup full. I use to throw it away but now I put it [...]
Thrifty Tips from the Readers 5/2
These are some great tips for thrifty ways to solve some common problems. Substitute for Laptop Cooler Why go out and pay a big price for a laptop cooler? Try this tip and have one for next to nothing. I use a cake cooling rack as my laptop cooler. It works great! I bought this [...]
Thrifty Tips from the Readers 4/18
Thanks for all who submit tips like these. Other readers are loving them. Reusing Medicine Dispensers How many of you have extra medicine dispensers. The cup kind and the syringe kind? I have two young children so I have a lot. I have been letting them play in the tub with the extras and one [...]
Thrifty Tips for Cleaning
A mixture of personal and reader submitted tips dealing with how to get things clean on the cheap. Vinegar and water for cleaning mirrors and windows, use newspapers to clean with instead of rags. I have done this. It works wonders. Use a mixture of 1/2 baking soda, 1/2 salt, sprinkle on carpets to kill [...]
