by Ivory Soap | Apr 29, 2011 | Household, Simple & Frugal
1. Save Time – For real. Making your own (jelly, bread, cheese) takes just a few minutes actual work time. Most of the ‘time’ involved in household DIY is wait time, or time you can be throwing Frisbees and playing with the dog instead of driving to the store,...
by Ivory Soap | Jan 12, 2011 | Household, Simple & Frugal
Most home management notebooks start with the minutae and work up, I do the reverse. Here’s a quick list for building the book from yearly to daily. Of course, once you look at it, you might not think it’s so quick, but we’re organizing your WHOLE...
by Daisy | Oct 6, 2010 | Body Care, Household
I’m a lightweight when it comes to cough drops. The industrial strength menthol ones are intolerable to me. I’ve always felt like such a weinie about it, but I can’t understand how so many people willingly put those things in their mouths. For a...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 9, 2010 | Household, Simple & Frugal
Apart from my Finished Room Over the Garage (FROG), my attic covers my entire house. It’s a little house, but that’s still a lot of attic! Yesterday it was stuffed to the gills with CRAPOLA. Now, look at it! (Pictured above.) Look again from the other...
by Ivory Soap | May 13, 2010 | Household, Simple & Frugal
When I started homeschooling (or gardening, or writing, or keeping livestock), it felt like something “unnecessary” that took away from my “real job” of laundry, cleaning, and cooking. All those “extras” were fine, but if Mr. Ivory...
by Ivory Soap | May 11, 2010 | Household, Simple & Frugal
I’m so jealous when I watch Jane Austen-ish movies and Father furrows his brow and says something like, “We won’t have enough to buy coal through the winter. We’ll be out by December.” Huh? How does he know that? And the general store...
