Growing up in Southern California we seemed to have always had an Aloe Vera plant in our yard. Whenever we would get cut or burned, mom would break off a piece and rub the cool gel on our boo-boo's. Not until recently did I discover that Aloe Vera can do so much more than just healing cuts and … [Read more...]

Growing up, we never had soda in the house unless someone was sick and then my mother would only buy ginger ale. Her mother gave it to her when she was sick and she passed it on to us. For years I thought that it was just a special treat only for the sick. Over the years I've learned that it wasn't … [Read more...]

Flour never made it to my list of WWII frugal living tips until just recently. I was working on my post for sugar when the thought hit me that maybe flour had some unique household uses as well. So I sent an email out to my family, to see what they could come up with and to my amazement they came up … [Read more...]

By now everyone has heard how wonderful oatmeal is for you. It's good for your heart, it's a cancer fighting agent, it's a great source of fiber, it's low in calories, but did you know it can be used for more than just filling your belly? This week we came up with 19 unusual frugal living tips using … [Read more...]

About 34 weeks ago I began the WWII frugal living series with a tip my grandmother had for removing ink from fabric, which works great by the way! Looking back over the old posts from this series I realized that the ink remover post only highlighted a single use for milk. This week I wanted to … [Read more...]

When I hear the word mint, it makes me think of tea, desserts, lamb and my favorite, Mojito's, but it has never made me think of any frugal living tips. That is until we started putting together this list of household uses for mint. Much to my amazement, one of my favorite herbs can do so much more … [Read more...]

This week my family and I are adding vodka to our growing list of frugal living tips. I have to confess, when I was reading my families uses for vodka, I couldn't help but think, hmmmm, I drink this and it can be used to kill mold, clean windows and remove stains. I don't know if I will ever be able … [Read more...]