Posts by ssantos

About the candy from school and parties (oh, what we have to fight against!) - when dd1 was in preschool, they gave the kids a dum dum sucker at the end of the day if they behaved well.  After dd1 came back from the dentist with 4...

This is probably not the answer you are looking for but it could still get your point across to your children - show them how you do not waste food.  We almost never throw out food in our house.  My dh manages the food and he...

I have found that to get no smell when using family cloth and mama cloth, just let them air dry.  I have a well ventilated bin for used family cloth and there is no smell (and no hassle).  I use 2 of these 14" stacking...

Oxygen bleach like Oxy-Clean gets out most food stains but it has to soak 3 to 5 days.  I just bought kitchen washrags and hand towels all in black so I don't have to worry about stains.

Great idea!

I always seem to want to respond to many threads with Education! Education! Education!  If you have to be super frugal and feel deprived to live within your means then perhaps you or your husband should go back to school in a...

What about the 100's of little cr@p toys?  We are overrun with little toys/crafts my dds pick up from school/birthday parties/friends/my inlaws.  Do you guys not have these, and if not, how do you avoid them?

1294+   1 sweater 1 desk organizer 6 child's t-shirts 2 plastic popcorn containers 1 child's shoebox 26 dead batteries (I love my new battery tester!) 18 toys   =1349

I occasionally buy toys from my kids to help keep down the clutter.  $1 per stuffed animal, maybe $2 or $3 for something expensive, and $0.10 for tiny junk toys.  This really helps keep down the number of stuffed...

1050+   2 books 1 glass dome 1 plastic bag 1 wall mirror 1 coat stand 1 purple cloth bag 5-piece silver tea set 2 candles 4 mugs (I wanted to get rid of more but some were my husbands) 2-piece mortar and...