Posts by momaste

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My kids share a bedroom and we're looking at putting in bunk beds to save space and give them some floor area to play.   A few years back, I remember seeing recommended a company that does bunk and trundle beds that are...

My husband recently took up the expensive sport of golf, and is funding it exclusively through reselling Goodwill finds. He found a set of Callaway golf clubs for $80 including the bag and resold it for $500!! He's found all kinds of...

I do them in the pressure cooker, no soaking start to finish in under an hour. I have an electric pressure cooker that is very energy efficient and super easy. I dump in ingredients, press start, and come back when it beeps. Voila,...

I've had very good luck buying lots off of Craigslist. My son, now 3, has basically been clothed for free. My daughter is an infant, but I have a full wardrobe for her through 18 months off of Craigslist, again basically for free. I...

DS is going to be a road. Black sweat pants (he already owns), electrical tape for a road divider, and Hot Wheels (he already owns) velcroed on. Halloween for the cost of electrical tape. DD is just a few months old and I have a...

Watch Craigslist for people selling their sets of trains. They're frequently sold in lots on Craigslist here for a reasonable amount. Learning Curve, the website that sells Thomas the Train, occasionally has sales/promo codes that can...

I got an Epicurean cutting board for my birthday and have been impressed. Quote: Epicurean makes its cutting boards in the USA of Richlite, a natural compressed wood-fiber laminate made from sustainably harvested trees....

Thanks, everyone, for your opinions on this. I've got an early morning so I'll be back to comment later, but I wanted to thank you guys for weighing in! Keep it coming!

Last week I made a fantastic bean dish. I sauteed onion, a few carrots, and garlic in a little olive oil, then added 2 c. soaked beans (I used Desert Pebble, but this would work really well with Pinto or White beans), 8 c. vegetable...