Frugal Living
Tips on how to save a few bucks here and there.
Tired of a dry room? A cheap, simple humidifier hack
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This is an easy, inexpensive hack to get some extra humidity into a room. It’s not elegant but it works well as a humidifier.
Continue readingGiant Yellow Tag strikes again – Pork Chops
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Once again I got lucky with a Giant Yellow Tag sale. Most stores will discount meats that are approaching their ‘sell by’ date. I ended up with 7 nice thin pork chops for less than six dollars.
Continue readingBacon fat as a cheap fire starter.
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Access to a cheap fire starter is a good thing. I usually have 1 or 2 strips of bacon with breakfast. I’ve been doing the bacon in the microwave. I put a paper towel in a microwave bowl, then the bacon and cover with a paper towel. Afterwards the towels make great fire starters. However, you have to be careful with how you store the grease soaked paper towels because of the danger of spontaneous combustion.
Continue readingA quick fix for a broken Ford key fob
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I’ve had Explorers and Mountaineers. One annoying problem is that the key ring part of the key fob breaks. Here is a solution
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The importance of insulating furnace ducts.
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If you have an older home with forced hot air heat and uninsulated ducting, you may be wasting a lot of money on heating
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Yellow tag sales at the supermarket
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Save a LOT of money at the supermarket on meat and poultry by shopping during discount days and looking for marked down items.
Continue readingMonitor a wood stove in another room with a remote thermometer
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My wood stove is in the basement and my office is in the breezeway. I found an easy way to keep tabs of the state of the fire.
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An alternative to shredding
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If you have a lot of papers with personal information, mushing them might be an alternative to shredding them.
Continue readingSealing a worn asphalt driveway – Part 1 – Feasability
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I was faced with a well worn asphalt driveway. It had not been sealed in a number of years. Was it worth trying to crack fill and seal?
Continue readingSealing a worn asphalt driveway – Part 2 – Materials and Tools
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Once you decide to go ahead with the resealing project, it’s time to gather materials and tools. This includes a pressure washer and cleaners, an intial supply of filler and sealer and more.
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