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5 Body Lotion Alternatives – What Worked the Best: Frugal Fridays
Call me a girl if you want–ok, don’t do that–but I do like to use body lotion most days, often on my face, hands, and feet. My wife tends to use quite a bit and my youngest has needed some over the winter but seems to use less and less of it these days. The…
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Coast HP14 High Performance Focusing 339 Lumen LED Flashlight Review
I’ve been interested in a new, quality flashlight for some time now and, though I do like my trusty Maglite and even the lesser expensive Coleman Max, this Coast HP14 LED Flashlight stands to supplant both of them. Here’s a few details direct from Amazon’s website so we’re on the same page here: Light output:…
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Make it Mondays: DIY Vaseline and Cotton Ball Fire-Starters Without the Mess!
Have you ever wanted to make your own Vaseline and cotton ball fire-starters but don’t want your hands to look like a mess after coating just one? Then you’re in luck because you can easily make your own Vaseline-impregnated fire-starters with ease. Here’s how in roughly four steps: It’s really easy, here’s how: Gather your supplies.…
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Saucy Sundays: Bake Bread in a #10 Can? Not Quite…
A few days ago I decided to bake bread in a #10 can similar to this recipe I found here a while back. Why? Because somebody said it’s possible! Otherwise, there’s no good reason to do so and, after my experience, a waste of time and ingredients if you ask me. The thing I noticed,…
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Fired and Frugal Fridays: Plastics, Difficult to Live Without! But You CAN Do Better…
Plastics are everywhere and we interact with them all the time, often in the kitchen. Most kitchen plastics, it seems to me, are reusable but there are some which are not. Reusable plastics includes things like hard plastic cups, bowls, plates, Tupperware, utensils, plastic silverware, and more. The disposable ones include things like garbage bags, plastic storage bags…
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WTF? Wednesdays: Do NOT Buy Pants from LAPoliceGear.com!
First, do you see anything wrong here?… Right, the pants are different lengths. Despite what it may look like in the photo they are lined up evenly at the top. Let me explain… When I first saw the following video on Bombproof $20 Outdoor/Tactical Pants! from Chris at PreparedMind101 I was excited! So excited, in fact, I…
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If You Haven’t Seen This Yet, Check it Out!…
I just signed myself up for an interesting new summer event, called Summer of Survival. Seems there’s a whole lot of FREE webinar training to be done over the course of 12 weeks from June 3 through August 21. The fun thing is that it involves all sorts of good people in the preparedness community, including: David Kobler…
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Make it Mondays: The “Big 3” Homemade Cleaners
When we clean the house we usually only use three cleaners to get most everything: an all-purpose cleaner, glass cleaner, and floor cleaner. Currently, we’re still using some leftover toilet cleaner that eventually I’ll have to replace but, by and large, these three cleaners do it all. And, obviously, I’m excluding homemade cleaners for doing…
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Saucy Sundays: Brown Rice and Dehydrated Veggies (Broccoli, Carrots, Peas)
When we made this meal I wasn’t thinking about posting it here but later figured I should since it included some dehydrated vegetables, specifically broccoli (they might all be gone by now), carrots, and peas. These veggies, in particular, are included because that’s what I started dehydrating a few weeks back and will likely be…