Reading Time: 2 minutes Electrical Cord Storage Without Tangles Electrical cord storage without tangles? Is this your dream? You know how tangles can become exasperating when you need to use your electrical cords. If you coil it the cord can become tangled and in need of attention just when you want to use it. Do your cords look like this?… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Basic Hash Brown Potatoes I was looking at a TV celebrity make hash browns today. It got me to thinking as I watched the celebrity add what seemed like exotic ingredients to his hash browns. It got me to thinking that I had not seen anyone of the television personalities prepare simple hash browns. That brought me to… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Smog Shop Surprise In Modesto I had to smog my truck by the end of March. I had already found out about the new smog rules. No need to do the usual oil change, or the additive in the gas tank, new air cleaner filter pre-smog routine. So I gathered up a coupon for… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Park Sleep Fly Experience The park sleep fly experience is for anyone who travels. It really changes a stressful travel day into a great experience. So if your trip is for business or vacation this is the way to go. Any time spent traveling to the airport is filled with worry. If you have to travel a… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ten Best Bread Store Tips Ok, you know what bread stores are all about so here are ten best bread store tips to get the most from your shopping experience with the least amount of cash. Look for posted specials in the store. Often there are deals like buy 3 loaves of bread at… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Having a bread store is very handy for a frugal life. Having a bread store is very handy for a frugal life. I was raised in a frugal house. It was by necessity that we lived frugally. So you can say my upbringing ingrained frugality in me. The discovery of a store that sold one product and only… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Do You Want More Tomatoes Per Plant This Year? Well follow these tips to more tomatoes and enjoy the bounty. Fact, tomato plants are self-pollinators. That means that they can pollinate their own flowers and deliver more fruit. Fact, tomato plants like to grow foliage over fruit. You’ll notice early in the season that the plant starts… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Half of all Californian’s are Pre Diabetic Half of all Californians are Pre Diabetic, I heard that on the radio the other day. I could only cheer. Why you ask? Well, it goes like this. As a pre-diabetic for twenty-four years before slipping over to the diabetic side and being on this side for the… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Five frugal hacks for your life 1. Spin the bottle to get the last out of the bottle. 2. Boil water in the microwave to clean it. 3. Key fob to the face to increase distance. 4. Tie your electrical cords together to keep them from unplugging. 5. Using soap bars down to the last… Read More »
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gerbils On A Train Gerbils on a train what a wonderful way to encourage the youngsters in our lives to maintain their dental health. Share this video with all your little ones. They will love the gerbils on a train and the music and the message their parents or grandparents send them. If you… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Top Ten Quilts Sacramento Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival Top ten quilts. This post is, in my opinion, of the top ten quilts from this March’s Quilt Craft & Sewing Festival. I’m not a quilter but I know what I like. So in no particular order I present the top ten quilts from the show… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cleaning A Faucet Aerator Cleaning a faucet aerator is something that needs to be done often when your water has fine sand or is extremely hard. The aerator will plug up slowly so it takes some time to notice that the water flow has dropped. But eventually it justs gets to slow and something needs to… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Homemade Pizza Sauce Homemade pizza sauce finished pizza sauce There is nothing like homemade pizza sauce. I developed this recipe after purchasing some store bought pizza sauce. The taste of which, in my opinion, was very bad. My thoughts were that it shouldn’t be that hard to come up with a pizza sauce from scratch that I would… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Test your alternator without tools. Yes, it is true you can test your alternator without tools. I recently had to replace the battery in one of my vehicles. When a battery problem comes up there are always three things that could be causing the symptoms of your vehicle. That’s because the three things are part… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Secrets to Booking a Great Cruise Cheap Cruise Deals Made Better The secrets to booking a great cruise is a simple thing, right? Just talk to your travel agent, or go online to a cruise website, and hop on board when the time comes. At least that’s what the uninitiated think. But there are secrets the… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Park, Sleep, Cruise experience The park, sleep cruise experience is one that any traveler really needs to make the travel day a great experience. Any time spent getting to the cruise ship is filled in worry. You have to get up really early to catch a cruise ship unless you happen to live in the city… Read More »