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Homeschooling and Frugal Living on One Middle Class Income.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Free Preschool Printables: Veggies and Fruit Traceables

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The bunny was from a Google image search, and the veggies(fruit also) from this site . They were colored, cut, and pasted. The original prin...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Making Toast without a Toaster

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My kitchen space is limited, so as small kitchen appliances have broken down, I've simply not replaced them, and made do with what I h...
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Toliet Paper Roll Seed Starter

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Time to begin planning the garden, and start cool season vegetable seeds inside. Toilet paper roll seed starter directions here . What ...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Homeschool Freebie: Vintage Preschool Picture Book/Cut and Paste

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Cut and paste, or just for reading, The Children's Object Picture Book , Published/Created: London; New York: F. Warne & Co., [188-...

The Lost Art of Homemaking

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Click here.
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Monday, January 25, 2010

For Darkening Gray Hair Naturally...

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a black tea and sage rinse . This works over time, but you have to use this rinse repeatedly. Henna , my favorite hair dye, works much more...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Making No Pectin Jelly/Jam

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This is so easy, and you can use frozen fruit if need be. See here for recipe. If you add water, you'll end up with syrup which is grea...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Housekeeping workbook--how to do it--house care and cleaning

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Housekeeping workbook--how to do it--house care and cleaning Author Lydia Ray Balderston Publisher J.B. Lippincott company, 1935 Length ...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Homeschool Freebies: Saint Sebastian(multi-grade)

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Sadlier's excelsior fifth reader, 1877, Saint Sebastian : " Speak!" growled Maximian, with an impatient gesture, " what ...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Natural American Indian Dyes

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From The Book of Woodcraft (free and in public domain), 1921: INDIAN DYES The dyes used to stain porcupine quills, spruce roots, and oth...
Friday, January 15, 2010

Homeschool Freebie: Multi-grade Vintage Winter Homeschool Lessons

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Click here . Multi-grade stories and children's educational books of winter nature, winter birds and sports, stories, poetry, etc. I wi...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Homeschool Freebie: Winter Botany

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Nature and Science for Young Folks , St. Nicholas: a monthly magazine for boys and girls, 1909. Pages, 360-360. To print, simply right clic...

Tonight's Frugal Dinner: Chinese Take-In Stir Fry

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Bourbon sauce , frozen stir fry veggies, a bit of shredded chicken, and a fresh pot of rice cooked in bone stock(high on the vinegar) . Ver...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

A Little Free Form Painting...

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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. -- Henry Ward Beecher An impromptu request to p...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Homemade Convenience Food: White Sauce(Bechemal)

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With the rise of convenience food - pre-flavored foods, awareness or popularity of homemade white sauce(bechemal) has been kicked to the si...
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Slipcover a Chair with an Inexpensive Drop Cloth

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We've used drop cloth for curtains (no-sew) and as no-sew furniture covers . I never got up the courage to tackle a sewn slip cover, b...

Free Vintage ebook: Winter Camping

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Brrrr, you won't catch me doing this. That "soulless and deceitful regulator of modern life" is a good indicator of me stayin...
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