Category Archives: Frugality
Building My DIY Homemade Rain Barrel
I have just finished building and installing my very first homemade DIY rain barrel. I’m super excited to have finished this project, which will provide for collection, storage, and supply of free water for my plants. Here are the details: The Materials – 1 – 55 gallon plastic barrel (free) 1 – tube of silicon [...]
Are You “Over” Spending?
Have you gotten to the point where you are “over” spending – as in -you just don’t feel like buying “stuff” anymore? There was a time when I wanted “stuff” – a nicer car, a bigger television, a newer computer, but now I’m “over” that stage in my life. Seriously. I just want to enjoy [...]
My Frugal Fix For The Broken Chair
We have this green chair that sits in our sun-room. It’s a very comfortable chair and I like to sit in it when I’m studying my Bible or reading a book to the kids. The fabric is in great shape – but two of the little legs on the bottom of the chair have become [...]
Breaking Bad Financial Habits – It’s Only
It’s only twenty dollars… It’s only three percent… It’s only for six months… It’s only – Is there a more powerful, desire-justifying phrase in the English language? How many times have I blown my budget, because I fell into the It’s only-trap? Seriously, even those of us who are trying to follow our budgets tend [...]
