[quote user="lamuneca0325"] Gingerbread:  "But when I'm standing there in a state of shock, and the first thing from my mouth is "that hat is ugly", you can rest assured that it came from facts and had nothing to do with worrying about hurting feelings.  See the difference?" Actually, what ...

[quote user="elovestea"] Growing food everywhere was one of the ideas that came out of the '70's when people started community vegetable gardens in cities on what was considered marginal land, like under power lines or abandoned lots between buildings. It's good for everyone if it can just keep going. One could sign ...

[quote user="elovestea"] [quote user="Gingerbread"]"Criticism...  Just one more service we offer!"[/quote] That criticism can be a withering blow to a sensitive person with a lack of self-esteem, a person already suffering with depression, and can also be viewed as an attempt to dominate ...

So sorry for your loss   I'm not a big coffee drinker, but I like to use a French Press for making coffee (1-2 cups at a time).  I do have a small 4-cup drip coffee maker that I've used since 1979.  I always use distilled water in it - just to prevent it from clogging.  ~Gingerbread

I've taught classes based on the personality types mentioned in Please Understand Me, and other similar books.  I think there is a lot of value to the information for a lot of things - including your attitudes on finances, how to raise the kids, who's in charge of what.....why we are similar or different.  As Head of ...

[quote user="latte4me2day"] [quote user="Gingerbread"] Giving myself a hair cut this morning - the ultimate tightwad.... [/quote]   will you cut mine too??? please i need a trim, cant bring myself to spend 20 or more to cut a half inch of hair off nor am i allowed to cut hair....ill barter with ya ...

Being truely self-sufficient is for the hard-working few, and even then they will still need to purchase or barter for things made/produced by others, but to a lesser degree than the rest of us.  My grandparents lived in Northern Ontario, Canada, out in the bush country, and they were nearly self-sufficient, but it was a very ...

What an amazing story....  Thanks for sharing that Brandy.  A few years ago I had 5 checking accounts to balance (both of my parents accounts - they each had to have an account to receive SS checks - they couldn't go into a joint account, 2 different banks for us, and my home-based business.  I always reconcile accounts ...

1.  Giving myself a hair cut this morning - the ultimate tightwad....  2.  The Cookie/Goodie Baking Marathon is starting today.  Aldi has butter for $1.89/pound, so that's a MUST go purchase.  I'm making trays of cookies and other goodies for the neighbors this week.  I'm also milling the ...

A great list of items!  Here's some I found recently at Wal-Mart that I'm giving to my "big kids" (I think they were under $3 each).  Novelty ink pens that included: Tinkertoy Pen (a small set of real Tinkertoys inside the pen), Etch-a-Sketch, Connect Four (game), Lincoln Logs, and Yahtzee (game)  Cute ...