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Make Your Own Sanitizing Wipes
Dear Mary: I would like to find a recipe to make hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes. Do you know of one? — Delores, e-mail
Dear Delores: I have been thinking about the same thing, now that we're learning that products like Purell are …Read more.
7 Simple Ways To Stretch Food Further
Buying groceries on sale and cooking meals at home are excellent ways to keep the cost of food under control, but there are other things we can do. Here, for your enjoyment, are simple ways other "Everyday Cheapskate" readers make food and …Read more.
Why You Can't Afford Credit Card Debt
Last year, the Federal Reserve Board announced new rules for banks that issue credit cards. The rules will remove unfair credit card practices. Months later, Congress passed into law the new Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure …Read more.
For You: A Few of My Favorite Things
Last year, a friend of mine had the best idea. She made gift baskets for her friends filled with her favorite things. Taking a nod from her, I'd like to give you a virtual basket filled with some of my personal favorite things.
—Real Salt. I'm …Read more.
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6 Ways To Give Your Old Stuff a New LifeNeed a fire pit for the patio? A wood frame for your square-foot garden? Don't be so quick to run off to the store to buy something new. Instead, follow the clever lead of these "Everyday Cheapskate" readers. It's quite possible that you already have something that would work just as well. SMART GARDEN. I turned an old, worn-out bookcase into a raised bed for my garden. I took the backside off and laid the frame, with shelves intact, on the ground. I filled it with a dirt and compost mix and grew carrots, lettuce and radishes in it with much success! Instead of holding junk in my shed, the bookcase now helps to put food on our plates. — Sylvia F., Minnesota FAMILY FIRE PIT. My family uses an old tub from the washing machine as a fire pit because it has natural airflow. We stack it atop a few cinder blocks and build a small corral around it to keep little fingers away. There's nothing like making s'mores over a washtub fire. — Christine S., Connecticut QUICK WIPE. Used dryer sheets are great for wiping down whiteboards. They eliminate the need for erasers. I use them every school day in our home-schooling office. — Donna B., Pennsylvania TANGLE-FREE. I have adopted my mother's practice of reusing cardboard tubes from paper towels and toilet tissue. Small appliance cords, such as those for blow-dryers and kitchen appliances, can be stored while they aren't plugged into the wall by folding them to size and slipping them into tubes. TEA TIP. Here's a tip for what to do with the tea bags from your iced tea: Put them around your flowers or any plant that needs a little more acid in the soil. Tea bags change the pH balance of the soil and make my pink hydrangeas blue. — Judy L., Minnesota FRUGAL QUILTING. Use recycled and free padding when you start your next quilting project. Instead of store-bought padding for a quilt, you can use a mattress pad that has lost its elastic quality. This saves the pad from the landfill and gives it a new life. — Virginia S., North Carolina Share your timesaving and money-saving savvy by e-mailing your tip to mary@everydaycheapskate.com. Use "Tip of the Month" as your subject line, and include your full name and home state, along with your well-written tip. You will win a one-year membership to Mary's Web site, http://www.DebtProofLiving.com, if your tip is chosen as a "Tip of the Month," which is selected once every four weeks. You can e-mail Mary Hunt at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books, including "Debt-Proof Living" and "Tiptionary 2." To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2009 CREATORS.COM
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