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Monday, May 16, 2011

5-16-11

4:00pm

After trying all day I finally got
through to Glidden's website.
They are giving away free quarts
of paint today.  I thought I could
use this paint to do the bathroom.


I got Quiet Rain,
a lighter blue paint.
The paint looks like this on a wall.
This color seems to go well with
the white beadboard.  I have
the roll of wallpaper beadboard I would
like to use in there. 
Free paint and a .50 cent roll of wallpaper
to do a bathroom makeover!
Nursery, View 3


My shower curtain I would
like to use.
I also got
Glidden's Slate Green since I was torn
between these two colors.
It's a darker shade of a smokey blue color
with a hint of green in it.
This is what it looks like on a wall.
 I wasn't sure how the bathroom would
look with a darker color
so that was the reason for getting
both a light color and a medium
shade.  For free I can try them both
out and then choose.
I really wanted to chose a chocolate
brown color as my second choice.
I would love to have painted
the bathroom sink cabinet a brown
but don't think my honey would
approve of painting over the wood.
So I guess we're stuck with 
a golden oak wooden sink cabinet.

I recommend using 2 different
computers and names, addresses
and emails
to be able to get 2 quarts free.

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If you get The Bag of sales ads
be sure to check out the 
USA Weekend section for
a coupon for a free
McDonalds frozen strawberry lemonade.
And a coupon for $1.00 off
a frappe or fruit smoothie.

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Today I spent researching a couple
houses/buildings for 
Ohio Exploration Society so I would
have a little information about
them before writing the owner
of a few places I would like to
see on his website.

I, myself, like to learn about
old buildings and their history.
That is how I stumbled upon
these websites years ago.
Ohio Exploration Society
and Forgotten Ohio.
I'm still in awe that I got to
personally meet the owner of OES!


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This evening we had to make a run
to Kroger.  I spent $39.00 and
got a week's worth of groceries
along with whatever may be in
my pantry.
Receipt says I saved $24.00.


-box of 10 waffles
-2 pkgs boneless porkchops
(total of 12 chops)
-2 pkgs pork cube steaks
(total of 6 large steaks)
they were buy 1 get 1 free
-2 breakfast fruit pizzas
-pkg styrofoam plates
-2 diet Dr. Pepper 2 liters
(they were out of my Big K pop)
-can of grands biscuits
-sausage gravy mix
-1 pound ground sausage
-2 Bob Evans bbq sauce
(was $3.99 each marked down to $1 each!)
-liquid childrens ibuprofen
-pkg 16 cheese slices
-2 pound bag of kroger fruity pebbles cereal
-10 pound bag idaho potaotes
-2 ears of corn
 -a 6 pack of ramen noodles



I saw that Graceland Kroger had
Oscar Mayer bologna for
.97 cents each.
I want to go back and stock
up on bologna with the Oscar Mayer
coupons I have for .55 cents.
Doubled would make the
bologna free!!  These weren't
the small packages either!


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9:45pm


I am currently reading a free
download of a book called
The American Frugal Housewife
by Lydia Maria Child.
It was published in 1832.
135 pages.
It's available in PDF form
and you can read it online.
It is interesting in learning how
people lived and survived back in the 1800's
compared to now.


The American Frugal Housewife  
Lydia Maria Child engraving.jpg
Appletons' Child David Lee Lydia Maria signature.jpg




















Another book I would 
love to read is called
Frugal Food Bible.

I have not been able to locate it
at the library and at the moment
there is currently one auction available
on Ebay for $35.94 for it.
Several are available through that auction.
But the price is a little steep for me.

Book Description

Is your food budget out of control? The Better Days Books Frugal Food Bible can help, offering four timeless 19th and early 20th Century frugal food classics bound together in one practical, enlightening and entertaining omnibus collection: The American Frugal Housewife, by Lydia M. Child (1832), Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them by C. Houston Goudiss (1918), Home Vegetable Gardening: A Complete And Practical Guide To The Planting And Care Of All Vegetables, Fruits And Berries Worth Growing For Home Use, by F. F. Rockwell (1911) and Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery: A Manual Of Cheap And Wholesome Diet, by A.G. Payne (1891). With over 400 pages of frugal food recipes, household hints, money saving tips, backyard gardening guidance and more, The Better Days Books Frugal Food Bible is a gift of practical wisdom from the past that no modern family can afford to be without during the hard economic times ahead. 

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Way More Than a Cookbook, January 20, 2009
By 
Janet Erinda (Elsewhere, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Better Days Books Frugal Food Bible: Practical Advice for Feeding Your Family During Hard Economic Times From Americans Who Survived and Thrived In Tougher Times Than These (Paperback)
The Frugal Food Bible is filled with great recipes, so yes, it IS a cookbook... But it is so much more besides. This "Bible" brings together in one volume four long out of print books from times in our Nation's past when the economy was a whole lot worse than it is in America today. Our little "economic crisis" is nothing compared to the Great Depression, or to the way things were, around the world, just before America entered WWI, or even in the early 1800's, when the whole economy collapsed under President Andrew Jackson. I knew little to nothing about these historic events or how very hard things were for people in those times (so much worse than what we face today!) before reading this book. So The Frugal Food Bible came as a rather heart-wrenching education for me in the stamina, ingenuity and all-around greatness of our forefathers (and especially our fore-mothers!), who never, ever gave up, never whined and waited for a bailout, and who never forgot that true wealth comes not from having an abundance of money or material possessions, but from conscious frugality and a commitment to live fully, creatively and joyfully within one's means, however great or meager those means. Yes, The Frugal Food Bible is a cookbook, but it is also a great source of inspiration to all of us who are struggling to make ends meet, and especially to ensure that economic pressures in the world around us do not steal the joy of living from our precious families and homes. We can't do much about the economic crisis out there. But there is a whole lot we can do to preserve our families and make ends meet with smiles on our faces. The Frugal Food Bible is a fantastic resource for helping us understand our present times in a historical context, and for gaining a "taste" of the spirit and mental attitude that enables and ennobles us to rise above our times and live frugally, gracefully and well. 
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