[quote user="ladyjane"]As to the money savings, even if the money saved on energy use is not huge, air drying is much kinder to your clothes.[/quote] That's very true, although the money saved on energy can be more than just a little. Clothes also last longer line dried, another savings. And stains don't set, either.

I make malteds kind of following the recipe on the label of the malt container, but I put in more ice cream than it calls for to make it thicker. You can put almost anything in a shake or malted for flavoring. I use vanilla ice cream, the add hot chocolate mix, strawberry jam, fresh bananas, or whatever's on hand.

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I got an Osterizer for Christmas about 25 years ago. It's the kind with a food processor, blender, mixer, etc., all in one. I used it for many years, then put it away a couple of years ago. I got it out and gave it to my daughter a month or so ago and she's using it right now. I've never had a bit of trouble with it so if I were in the ...

Good ideas, all, thanks. [quote user="Edey"]Dumpster diving can find quite a few things that can be used for crafting, especially if you look behind businesses that use materials that you need. [/quote] That's another good idea, but I doubt my kids would do that.

[quote user="mikasha"]Our tree doesn't look like the fancy displays in department stores but I don't care because the memories I have from all the homemade ornaments make it very special[/quote] I wouldn't want mine to look like the fancy displays in the stores! I'd much rather have a more personal, family-history tree ...

This year's Christmas will be low key for our family, so my son and his wife decided to make things instead of buying them, in the hopes of saving money.... but discovered that buying craft materials meant spending as much or more as buying finished products. He does woodwork and she sews and knits. I know that you can save money on ...

Do you buy new Christmas decorations every year? I haven't bought new in a very long time. Most of my ornaments are from when the kids were little. A few are the ones they made, but most are ones I made over the years. I use almost no bought tree ornaments, but garlands, wreaths and so on, have to be bought every few years because they ...

[quote user="GreenLiving"]I highly recommend you getting Envirodryz at www.envirodryz.com.  Here is my top 5 reasons why i love it.[/quote] A traditional clothesline will last much, much longer and hold a lot more clothes and they'll dry faster because there is more room for air movement. There are many rack type of ...

There are many places where you can't hang laundry. You might be interested in the Project Laundry List web site. They fight for the right to hang out laundry. It's crazy that there have to be laws to allow things like this.